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court into another, to distinguish them, and 

 for the most part caH them by their right 

 names when he met them in the field on the 

 fohowing day. 



Will Long, huntsman to the Badminton 

 hounds under three Dukes of Beaufort, was so 

 impressed by this faculty of Russell's that it 

 quite astonished him. "I have been mixed up 

 with hounds all my life," said the veteran, 

 ''but I never met any man like Mr. Russell. 

 Why, he was a couple of hours on our flags 

 one day, and the next, when we were out 

 hunting, he didn't want me to tell him the 

 name of this hound or that ; he knew them 

 almost as well as I did." 



A curate of Russell's, in the absence of 

 the higher authority, was once consulted by a 

 gentleman, who had been recommended by 

 his physician to keep a pack of harriers. 



"But," said he, "as I shall never remember 

 their names, nor know one hound from another, 

 if I get a whole pack at once, I have determined 

 to buy a couple at a time, and make their 

 acquaintance before I take in any more." 



And this method of learning their names 

 he absolutely adopted. 



During his long residence at Tordown, 

 Russell more than once parted with the greater 

 part of his pack, retaining only a few couples as 

 a nucleus for a fresh and stronger lot. On one 



