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Change – Cabane

Change

To leave the line of one fox for another.

Check

An interruption to the run, the scent being lost-thrown-out.

Chopped

Killed as soon as found.

Counter

To follow the scent from the fox, instead of following him.

Covert-hack

A horse used for riding to the place of meeting.

Covert-hoick

The huntsman's cry, meaning "into cover."

Covert-lad.- [See PAD-GROOM.]

Crash

When the pack all give tongue together on finding a fox.

Crop

The whip used in hunting, with a loop, called a keeper, at the top of the crop for the attachment of the thong.

Cub

The young of the fox.

Cub-hunting.- Takes place before fox-hunting begins, and generally early in the morning. Its principal object is to train the hounds and teach cubs to go away at once.

Currant-jelly

The scent of a hare crossing that of the fox, and disturbing the hounds.

Calf

A red deer of either sex in its first year.

Coronet.-[See BURR.]

Cabane

A mountain hut or club hut where climbers stay the night during a high ascent.

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