Steady your horse and let him take his own pace at big timber.
Keep well away from hounds, and down wind of them at a check.

The steam from heated horses adds a fresh difficulty to recovery of lost scent.

Look out for signs that may indicate the whereabouts or passing of the fox.

Huddling sheep, staring cattle, chattering magpies, circling rooks, may mean that they see, or have just seen, the fox.
Never lark over fences; it tires your horse needlessly and may cause damage and annoy the farmer.
Never take a short cut through a covert that is likely to be drawn during the day; and keep well away from a covert that hounds are drawing if you start for home before the day's sport is over, lest you head the fox.
Always await your turn at a gate or gap; do not try and push forward in a crowd.
If you follow a pilot, do not "ride in his pocket"; give him plenty of room, say fifteen lengths, at fences, or if he falls you might jump on him.
If your horse kicks, tie a knot of red ribbon in his tail.

N.B .-- Do not be guilty of using this "rogue's badge" for the sake of getting room in a crowd, as some men have been known to do.
If a man is down and in danger of being kicked, put your own saddle over his head.
HINTS CONCERNING THE HUNTER It should be remembered that in the ordinary routine the horse is fed three or four times a day.