A game called "Hunt the Fox" or "Hunt the Hare" was played in English schools since at least the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Shakespeare appears to make reference to it in Hamlet, when he eludes the guards at Elsinore he cries "Hide, fox, and all after".
The game "Hunt the Fox" or "Hunt the Hare" has been played in English schools since Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Shakespeare alludes to this game in Hamlet, where the character escapes the guards by saying "Hide, fox, and all after."