THE ENDEAN BEAGLES 



Up to 1 905, he continued to hunt the hounds, and then, being too busy to 

 give them his best attention, his sister. Miss Edith H. Bird, took up the task, 

 and has continued to hunt them herself ever since. 



Miss Bird, with the idea of making her sex predominant in the Hunt, 

 persuaded two of her fnends. Miss Katharme Roosevelt and Miss Helen 

 Homans, to act as whippers-in; positions which they have filled very ably 

 in the past three years. The pack has been gradually increased by impor- 

 tation and breeding, till at the present writing there are twelve couples of 

 the little hounds in the kennels. 



Miss Bird's country, which lies some ten miles away from the Norfolk 

 Hunt kennels, is like most typical New England countnes. Small enclosures, 

 fenced in by fair-sized stone walls, make the jumping pretty trappy, and it 

 takes a clever horse to follow the pack through some of the runs. The 

 members of the Norfolk Hunt frequently ride over from Medfield and enjoy 

 a day behind the beagles, while Miss Bird has a small Field of her own. 

 The pack is turned out in the most workmanlike manner — huntsman and 

 whippers-in wearing dark green habits with yellow waistcoats. The Master 

 has always carried the horn herself, never allowing her kennel huntsman to 

 do anything beyond laying the drag. 



At this time of writing there is some talk of Miss Bird's resignation as 

 Master. Whether or not this is done, the authors of this book feel that 

 a Hunt managed by such good sportswomen deserves a place in a volume 

 which is recording the Hunts of the United States and Canada. 



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