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after in this respect than smooth-coated ones. 

 The huntsman should see that his hounds are 

 fed and properly bedded down before he attends 

 to his own wants. If hounds look well and hunt 

 well, you can rest assured that your huntsman 

 or feeder is paying proper attention to the pack 

 in kennel. As regards kennels, these need not 

 be of an expensive nature, but the drainage and 

 general sanitation must be adequate if hounds 

 are to keep fit. Wherever waste matter is 

 present, either in the boiling house, feeding 

 place, or yards, there will disease germs gather, 

 and complaints amongst hounds will be for ever 

 breaking out. The old adage " Cleanliness is 

 next to godliness " applies as much to hounds 

 and their kennels as it does to human beings 

 and their houses. 



Some huntsmen are apt to let hounds get very 

 much out of condition during the winter months, 

 instead of exercising regularly, which means that 

 on the approach of the hunting season all sorts 



of physic is used in an attempt to get them fit 



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