The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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Browne's – Blanch

Browne's

Mr.

Browne's

Mr. Scott.

Burstow.

Burton.

Cambridgeshire.

Carmarthenshire.

Cattistock.

Cheshire.

Chiddingfold.

Cleveland.

Coniston.

Coquetdale.

Babbler

A noisy hound; one which gives tongue when not on to line.

Bagman

A fox released when required; the term had its origin in the practice of some owners of estates allowing their keepers to kill foxes, and then to buy one when hounds were expected.

He was commonly taken to the covert in a sack, and shaken out.

Balk.-(Of a horse), to refuse a leap.

Billet

The droppings of the fox.

Blank

A covert is blank or drawn blank when it holds no fox.

Blooding

Giving the fox to the hounds.

Breast-high.-[See SCENT.]

Brush

The tail of the fox.

Bullfinch

A hedge too high to leap; riders have to bore through it.

Burning scent. - [See SCENT.]

Beam

The main stem of a deer's horns from which the branches proceed. rutting season.

Bell

The challenge of the stag during the

Blanch

To head, i.e., turn the hunted deer from making his point.

Break soil.-[See SOIL.]

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