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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Point-rider

- One who does not ride as the fox and hounds go, but to points at which he hopes to pick up the hounds.

Rabbit-earth.-A burrow, to which a fox often goes for shelter.

Rack.--A way through a hedge.

Recovered.-[See SCENT.] Ringing-fox.-One that runs in circles instead of going right away.

Roach-back. A round-backed hound.

Road-hunter. A hound which possesses the rare gift of being able to hunt a fox or hare on a road.

Riot. [See RUN.] Run.-(1) The chase of the fox from finding to the death. To run counter, foil, or heel [see COUNTER, &c.]. To run to earth [see EARTH].

To run to ground [see GROUND]. To run riot: to follow a wrong scent.

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