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wrote thus, was the following, given by the Rev. William 

 Daniell in his Rural Sports. 



Mr Daniell says : ' The speed of the foxhound was 

 well ascertained by the trial at Newmarket between Mr 

 Meynell and Mr Barry ; and this account of the training 

 and feeding the two victorious hounds is from the person 

 who had the management of them. Will Crane was 

 applied to after the match was made (which was for 

 500 guineas), to train Mr Barry's hounds, of which 

 Blue Cap was four, and Wanton three years old. 

 Crane objected to their being hounds which had been 

 entered some seasons, and wished for young hounds 

 which would, with more certainty, be taught to run a 

 drag ; however, the hounds were sent to Rivenhall in 

 Essex ; and, as Crane suggested, at the first trial to 

 induce them to run the drag, they took no notice. 

 At length, by dragging a fox along the ground, and 

 then crossing the hounds upon the scent, and taking 

 care to let them kill him, they became very handy to a 

 drag, and had their exercise regularly three times a 

 week upon Tiptree Heath. The chosen ground was 

 turf and the distance over which the drag was taken 

 was from eight to ten miles. The training commenced 

 on the 1st of August 1762, and continued until the 

 28th of September (the 30th the match was run) ; their 

 food was oatmeal and milk and sheep's trotters. Upon 

 the 30th of September the drag was drawn (on account 

 of running up the wind, which happened to be very 

 brisk) from the rubbing-house at Newmarket Town 

 End, to the rubbing-house at the starting point of the 

 Beacon Course. The four hounds were then laid on the 

 scent. Mr Barry's Blue Cap came in first. Wanton 

 (very close to Blue Cap), second ; Mr Meynell's 



