We now got into a perfect tangle of ravines, and the fox went to earth; and though we started one or two more in the course of the afternoon, we did not get another really first-class run.
At Geneseo the conditions for the enjoyment of this sport are exceptionally favorable.

In the Northeast generally, although there are now a number of well-established hunts, at least nine out of ten runs are after a drag.

Most of the hunts are in the neighborhood of great cities, and are mainly kept up by young men who come from them.

A few of these are men of leisure, who can afford to devote their whole time to pleasure; but much the larger number are men in business, who work hard and are obliged to make their sports accommodate themselves to their more serious occupations.

Once or twice a week they can get off for an afternoon's ride across country, and they then wish to be absolutely certain of having their run, and of having it at the appointed time; and the only way to insure this is to have a drag-hunt.