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and the impracticability of earth-stopping; but the red foxes usually give long, 

 hard runs before going to ground. The grays, of course, unless they climb 

 a tree in the first twenty minutes, are usually quickly killed. 



The landowners are very favorable to hunting, but must be treated with 

 the greatest consideration, being freeholders and very independent. Mr. 

 Hitchcock finds that thoroughbred horses are best suited to his country and 

 uses nothing else. It seems to us quite unnecessary to describe his horses, 

 as they are noted throughout the length and breadth of America as being of 

 the best, both as to conformation and manners. 



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