The Hares and Hounds
compose the party. Two hares and as many hounds as you will, the more the merrier. Each hare must carry a bag filled with paper cut into small strips. The hounds carry only the weight of their responsibility to entrap and catch the hares.
Over Fences.
The Game
is a country game, of course. Who would think of the hares and hounds dashing in a mad run through the streets of town or village. And it is a noisy game with the Kee-ooi! Kee-ooi! of the fleeing hares, and answering La-ha-hoo, La-ha-hoo! of the pursuing hounds.
Select a convenient club-house or residence for the meet and let there be two hares and at least six hounds.
The first thing to be decided upon is the distance of the run, which should not be too great, especially for beginners. The next is the agreement between the hares upon a general plan to be pursued in their tactics, which must be kept secret from the hounds.
The morning hours are best for the game, and a hearty appetite for lunch, or the hunt-breakfast, it might be called, is the result.
At a Given Time