Word: toed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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¶Arrive ten minutes before the hounds are scheduled to start. If the fixture is near you, hack to it so as to find your seat. But do not take a short-cut through likely coverts.
¶"When the Master . . . walks past you, lift your hat to him as you do to a lady or when passing a coach and four. . . . Don't ask him where he expects to draw. . . . Where he intends hounds to draw is his and his huntsman's affair, and...
¶Let the M. F. H. ride to covertside alone. "Keep at least a hundred feet behind him; then if a hound is emptying itself, you won't be so likely to override it."
¶Try to keep on the inside of the circle when the hounds turn toward you. It makes your horse last longer because he has less distance to go. ¶If you override the hounds, do not tell the Master you could not hold your horse. "Simply say, 'Sorry...
¶When the fox goes to ground, "do not ride up to the earth and try to look into it. There is nothing to see, only a hole. If you insist on making yourself useful, ask the huntsman if you may hold his horse for him."