Word: master
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...College Hill, running across the foot-ball field at Tufts, where a game was in progress. The bags were found just west of Porter's Station. There were twenty-six men at the break. The first hound in was T. C. Craig, '87, who acted as master of the hounds. R. T. Paine, Jr., was a close second. Baldwin '89, and W. Austin, '87, were respectively third and fourth. The hares were H. A. Lothrop, '87, and J. A. Bailey...
...member of the pack refusing obedience to the Master in the discharge of his duties, renders himself ineligible for a prize...
...Master shall be appointed by the Harvard Athletic Association, before each meeting. He shall, if he sees fit, appoint no more than two assistants, to be called first and second "whips," respectively. He shall carry a whistle or horn, and in a "slow hunt" shall control the actions of the pack by the following signals: by blowing once to stop, and twice...
...shall be the duty of the whips to keep the pack together, and, when called upon by the Master to act temporarily as pacemaker...
...case the scent gives out, the hares shall drop the bags and make for home by the shortest route. On finding the bags the hounds may make for home as they please in a "fast hunt." In a "slow hunt," they shall wait for the word from the master to "break." In a slow hunt, if for any reason the bags cannot be found, the signal to "break" may be given by the master, with the consent of a majority of the pack...