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ranging say from 20 to 75 couples, 

 or even more. Then there is oat- 

 meal and horseflesh for the hounds, 

 and oats and hay for the horses. 

 Another portion of the money goes 

 into the pockets of local artificers 

 and tradesmen, while large sums 

 are distributed to farmers and 

 others, as compensation for damage 

 to fences or the loss of poultry. 



One of the beneficial results of 

 hunting is that the sums of money 

 spent in recreation are distributed 

 in districts which would otherwise 

 receive none. If to the actual 

 expenses of the hunt are added the 

 sums paid by those whom hunting 

 attracts to the neighbourhood, it 

 will be seen that hunting causes 

 the distribution of a very large sum. 

 But this is not all. 



Hunting and Horse Bleeding 



Great Britain is largely de- 

 pendent for its horses on hunting 

 people, who support the market 

 for breeders of the best sort of 

 riding horses, and thus keep a 

 large horse reserve at no expense 

 to the nation. English hunters are 

 the best riding horses in the world, 

 and are eagerly sought for by 

 foreign and colonial buyers. The 

 needs of the hunting man or 

 woman practically regulate the 

 type of the hunter which breeders 

 strive to raise, and thus there is a 

 large export trade in riding horses 

 which rests on hunting. _But hunt- 

 ing requires hounds,' and the 

 English foxhound is the greatest 

 triumph of the breeders. There are 

 many different breeds of hounds 

 hunting by scent in Europe and 

 America, but the English foxhound 

 in make, shape, nose, and pace 

 beats them all. In England fox- 

 hounds hunt all the three kinds of 

 deer, the fox, the hare, and the 

 otter. In France many packs are 

 wholly pure foxhound, or 'the 

 native breeds are largely crossed 

 with foxhound blood. 



The fox is a small animai, which 

 in England, except in the Fell 

 countries where 19 or 20 Ib. is not 

 unusual, averages about 10 Ib. 

 to 12 Ib. weight, which can crawl 

 down a 9-in. drain. The fox's 

 great quality as a beast of chase is 

 its wildness. Wild foxes are neces- 

 sary, and for these the goodwill of 

 covert owners and farmers has to 

 be depended on. In spite of some 

 grumbling, people recognize the 

 value of hunting in encouraging the 

 breeding of horses and the training 

 of men. Fox hunting is not only 

 or c'.iiefly a rich man's sport, but 

 gives pleasure and profit in England 

 and Ireland to people of all classes. 

 See Life of a Fox, Thos. Smith, 

 1920; Hunting the Fox, Lord 

 Willoughby de Broke, 1920. 



T. P. Dale 



Foxtail. Means of preventing a 

 bar of wood or metal bolt from being 

 withdrawn from a hole. The enter- 

 ing end is split, the point of a wedge 

 is inserted, and the bar is driven 

 home, the wedge expanding the ma- 

 terial against the sides of the hole. 



Foxtail Grass (Alopecurus pra- 

 tensis). Perennial grass of the 

 natural order Gramineae. It is a 

 native of Eu- 

 rope, N. Africa, 

 and Asia. It 

 sends out run- 

 ners from the 

 roots, and has 

 flowering stems 

 from 1 ft. to 3 

 ft. high. The 

 leaves are 

 rough and flat ; 

 the flowers 

 form a soft, 

 cylindric pan- 

 icle. It is a 

 most valuable 

 meadow-grass, 

 and of high 

 nutritive 

 value. 



Fox Terrier. 

 Small breed of 

 terrier. It was 

 formerly used 

 in the hunt for 

 unearthing the 

 fox. To some 

 extent it is still 

 used for this 

 purpose, and 

 is used for 

 ratting. It is 

 deservedly 

 popular as a 

 companion for 

 man and as a 

 house dog, for 

 which it is 

 eminently 

 qualified by its 



Foxtail Grass, intelligence 

 Alopecurus pratensis a n d friendly 

 disposition. No breed looks quite 

 as smart and alert as a good fox 

 terrier, and no other dog seems 

 to be in such complete sym- 

 pathy with its master. It is -affec- 

 tionate to the degree of being some- 

 times troublesome ; readily learns 



Fox Terrier. A prize winner in the 

 London Fox Terrier Clubs' Champion- 

 ship show 



to obey orders, and often displays 

 an intelligence almost human. 



There are two breeds, the smooth 

 and the rough coated. The former 

 is perhaps the favourite as a com- 

 panion, but the latter possesses the 

 better hunting instincts. To judge 

 by the show records, the smooth 

 variety came into favour with 

 breeders earlier than the other. In 

 colour the fox terrier should be 

 black, white and tan ; specimens 

 that show liver-coloured markings 

 should be avoided. Of recent years 

 there has been a tendency to in- 

 troduce a bulldog strain into the 

 breed with a view to develop a 

 stronger jaw, but the wisdom of 

 this is still a matter of controversy. 

 In everything except coat, the two 

 varieties are identical. See Dog and 

 illus. on colour plate ; Mammal. 



Fox-trot. American dance. It 

 originated in a dance, consisting of 

 alternate slow and rapid move- 

 ments, performed by a music-hall 

 artist. To this he gave the 

 name Fox-trot. It seized upon the 

 imagination of the audience, was 

 adopted as a social dance for two : 

 and was brought to France and 

 England early in the 20th cen- 

 tury, with many variations. 



Foy, MAXIMILIEN SEBASTIEN 

 (1775-1825). French soldier. En- 

 tering the army in 1791, he first 

 saw service un- 

 der Dumouriez. 

 Distinguishing 

 himself in Italy, 

 1801, and in the 

 Austrian cam- 

 paign, 1805, he 

 was sent by 

 Napoleon in 

 1807 with a 

 small force to 

 Turkey to assist 

 the sultan against the Russians 

 and British. In 1808 he was in 

 Spain, and fought in the Peninsular 

 War, being made a divisional gen- 

 eral in 1810. He held a command 

 at Waterloo. After 1815 he made 

 his peace with the new regime and 

 sat in the French Chamber. He 

 died at Paris, Nov. 28, 1825. His 

 History of the Peninsular War was 

 published in 1827. 



Foyers. Two cascades (40 ft. 

 and 165 ft.) near the mouth of the 

 Foyers river, on the E. side of Loch 

 Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland. 

 Since 1895 they have been used by 

 the British Aluminium Company 

 for generating electricity. 



Foyle. Lough or inlet between 

 cos. Donegal and Londonderry, Ire- 

 land, into which drains the river 

 Foyle, 16 m. long. It is 18 m. long 

 and has a width of 1 m. at the 

 entrance, and an extreme width of 

 10 m. Dangerous shoals obstruct 

 navigation on the W. side. 



Maximilien Foy, 

 French soldier 



