Word: scenting
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...yesterday was a great success. The scent was laid well. The direction of the hunt was through Norton's Woods, where the scent was lost, to Somerville, into Medford, along the racing track at Mystic Park, and back by way of 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...
...pack shall follow scent and are not allowed to leave it and cut off ground at any time...
...hares shall carry paper, cut in pieces about two inches square, in bags, sufficient to last the length of the run, and, in both fast and slow hunts, shall lay a plain trail, from start to finish, changes of direction being plainly showed in every case. If the scent is voted unsatisfactory by three-quarters of the hounds, the H. A. A. reserves the right to withdraw the prizes. Complaints must be made by petition within two days after the hunt...
...case of water, any member of the pack may go round, but must take up the scent on the opposite bank...
...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...