2o6 The Far Die rs — Fox Preservers, &c. 



most severe in drafting from the head of his^ack. 

 He gave away a dog called Priam, which I 

 thought was the best I had seen up to that time ; 

 on my expressing regret, his lordship gave his 

 reason : " In the first place," he said^ " Bob Ward 

 and that dog would lose any fox ! I admit his 

 superiority, he wants to do all the work ! And, 

 pray, what is the pack to do ? If you have a 

 hound of that kind he disgusts the others and 

 they lose their interest." 



A jealous hound his lordship would not keep. 

 If he saw a hard runner, when he came to a 

 check, follow an old hound and watch him pick 

 the scent up, then slip in and take it away from 

 him, he would have to go ; to take that for which 

 he had not worked was dishonest. 



In conversation with Tom Firr — than whom 

 there was no better authority — I remarked, 

 '' Jealousy is a great curse in a foxhound." 

 " I quite agree with you," he replied. '' In 

 wanting to get on they lead the pack, when they 

 miss the turn of the fox and bore on drawing 

 the others after them." He added by way of 

 illustration, " I had a hound of that kind, and 

 I once saw him go ahead for two fields, the 

 others stopped; he then stopped and looked 

 back ; seeing they did not follow he went back as 



