The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-20
Hare and Hounds.

The old game Of hare and hounds is
gaining new popularity, and is being
played by many boys and young men in
this country nowadays. The game is an
excellent one from a hygienic point Of
ty of exercise.
Any number of persons may play the
game, says Golden Days. One or two of
the players are chosen as hareS, and each
is provided with a bag filled with torn
pieces of paper, which are called 'scent."
The hares start off together, the rest of
the players, who are called hounds, not
being allowed to see the direction they
take. When five, ten or fifteen minutes
as may have been agreed upon-have
elapsed, the hounds set off in pursuit of
the hares. In their aunt they are guild
ed by the scent, handfuls of which are
thrown out by the hares as they cover
the course.
Usually it is agreed beforehand that
the run shall be a certain number of
miles, or for a certain length of time.
in the specified distance he wins; other
wise. the hares win. If ashound catches
sight of the hares, he aud his companions
may not cut across and run toward them
! directly, but he must follow the course
of the scent, although sometimes rules
are made allowing this to be DONE, under
which circumstances it is, of course,
perfectly allowable.
Very often chalk is used instead of
trees, walls and pavements. This is not,
however. as satisfactory as paper for
scent. The scent should be white in
summer and black in winter. The reason
it should be black in winter is that in
this way the hounds will be enabled the
more easily to follow it.
This game is often played by rival
clubs, two rival packs of hounds consti-
tuting the whole pack. The game is then
decided by adding together the numbers
representing the order in which the two
clubs finished.
Thus suppose that two clubs of five
hounds distinguished by the colors red
and blue come in the following order:
Red, blue, red, red, blue, blue, blue, red,
blue, red the score would then be as fol-
lows:
:. E B !. ]: 2; 4 s 81 10; total %. B'ue-2'
Red is the winner, the smaller num-
Der representing those who come in first.
The rules of the game, which have
been adopted by the National association,
to which most of the big hare and hounds
clubs of the United States belong, are
as follows:
SLOW CQaSeS.-
l. There shall be two hareS. one master
of the pack: and two whips to be appointed
2. The hares shall be allowed a start Of
from five to ten minutes, as may be agreed
3. The master. who shall act also as
~pacemaker, shall have sole control Of the
pack. and until the break is ordered he
shall at his pleasure appoint temporary
pacemakerS.
4. The members of the pack must keep
under ordinary circumstances, must always
keep behind the master until the break for
home is ordered.
5. Only one break shall be ordered by the
master, and then only for home. Such
break shall be never more than a mile.
6. 1t shall be the duty of the whips to
keep the pack together, and to collect and
assist all stragglers.
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five to fifteen minutes, as may be agreed
upon;
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to order a break for home Of to allow the
pack to race from mG start to finish.
10. Clubs runs shall! be the runs. for
which no scent is laid. but in all other con-
ditions must conform to the rules for a slow
chase.
II. In all chases the hares shall lay a fair
and continuous scent throughout. and shall
not be allowed to double on their trail; they
shall be allowed to cross fordable streams
only. and must surmount all obstacles over
which they lay the scent.
II. The harcs must In nil cases keep with
In hailins distance of each other.
IL. Under no circumstances must the
pack follow the line of sight when the hares
are seen, but must always follow the trail.
II. In ali cases the break for home must
be indicated by a scattered bunch of paper
different in color from that used on the
trail.
Is. Touching any one of the hares by a
member Of the pack shall constitute a catch.
16. If the hares do not finish together the
time of the last hare shall be counted as the
time of the arrival of both.
II. A slow pack may be started at the
discretion of the captain in all runs and
Of a master and two whips. A start Of a
minute for each mile estimated to be run
shall be allowed the hares.