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MFHA - Fox hunting terms Category: Sport and Leisure > Foxhunting Date & country: 23/08/2013, UK Words: 30

All on
All hounds present and accounted for

Cast
Planned move in searching for a lost line

Check
When scent has temporarily disappeared

Colors
The colored coat collar that distinguishes the uniform of the hunt, usually accompanied by hunt buttons; to be awarded colors is to be given the right to wear them

Country
The area where a pack of hounds operates

Couple
Two hounds (any sex). Hounds are always counted in couples

Cry
The sound given by hounds when hunting

Cub Hunting
Early hunting before the formal season

Draw
Searching for a fox in a certain area

Earth
Where a fox goes to ground for protection

Entered Hound
A hound which has been hunted for one season or more. During his first season of hunting a hound may be referred to as an unentered hound

Field
The group of members and guests, excluding the MFH and staff, gathered to follow hounds on any particular day

Field Master
The person who is responsible for the field while out hunting

Fixture Card
The printed schedule of hunt meets, listing times and locations

Hold Hard
Stop please

Honor
One hound honors another when he gives tongue on a line that another hound has been hunting

Huntsman
The person who hunts hounds and is responsible for the care, breeding, and training of the hounds

Lark
Jumping fences unnecessarily when hounds are not running

Mask
A fox's head

Master
This almost always refers to the Master of Foxhounds (MFH), the person responsible for the hunting and the organization of the country

Open
When a hound first gives tongue on a line

Panel
A jump built into a fence line specifically for foxhunting

Point
Straight line distance made good in a run

Ratcatcher
Informal hunting attire, correct for cubbing or weekday hunting

Scent
The smell of a fox and the physical and chemical phenomena by which the smell gets from the fox

Speak
To give tongue

Staff
The Huntsman and Whippers-In

Stern
The hound's tail

Territory
The area officially designated by the MFHA where a hunt is allowed to operate

Whipper-In
The staff members who assist the Huntsman with discipline and behavior of hounds in the hunt field