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Title: Cross country with horse and hound
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Peer, Frank Sherman
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Master knows of the riding of each guest. Allthis takes time, the list being changed and changed again.In addition, two or three carriages are to be provided forladies and guests who do not ride, together with the inci-dental question of who is to drive them. Already the consultation has consumed an hour or possi-bly two, and the business is only begun. The huntsmanhas yet to go to the kennels, and wake up old Simpson theearth-stopper, and explain the programme to him ; and tosee the kennel huntsman and give him the list of houndsthat are to go out to-morrow. This must be known thenight before, so that their next mornings feeding may beregulated accordingly, either very light or none at all, de-pending on the time of the meet and the distance from themeet to the covert. From the kennels the huntsman mustturn to the stables, and go carefully over the programme ofhorses with the head coachman. The whole train mustbe carefully laid. By the time the Master and his guests are saying their
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J- o o O o The Consultation of War 299 good nights, old Simpson the earth-stopper, last but notleast, is saddling his pony, and before they are asleep isgrumbling to himself along the highway, his lantern on hisarm and shovel strapped to his back, while his faithful lit-tle terrier Skip trots along behind him for company. ** Whydo they want to draw the Benson Wood and then go wayoff to the ridge road? he grumbles. **Just to make meas much work as they possibly can, I suppose. And afterit is all done they may never go nigh the ridge. Fox-hunting aint what it used to be when I was a boy. So he goes along, scolding to himself. Sometimes hetells his troubles to the pony and Skip, who, though theymay both sympathise with him, are powerless to changethe generals commands. I have a mind not to go astep, he says to the pony. Yet if you should meet him two hours later, going alongsome dreary bye-road in the dark windy night, and say,** Hello, Simpson ; is nt this rather rough on a man of youra

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