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moderately, they would soon be glad to reduce 

 the standard of the pack. When a man has a 

 beautiful blood horse, good enough to ride with 

 the Quorn, he will always be wanting his 

 harriers to go faster. 



When a man aims at breeding a pack of 

 hounds that will please the eye and also be satis- 

 factory in their work, he will breed to the fox- 

 hound type, which is perfection of symmetry in a 

 dog. The big, slow hound will show you very 

 good sport, and perhaps give better results with 

 hares than the quicker and smaller harrier, but 

 you will never be pleased with him on the flags, 

 if you have first learned to love the shape of the 

 foxhound. These are the two sorts of hounds 

 that you may use in hunting the hare. 



My ideal of a harrier is a hound of about 

 seventeen inches, and I would never have it 

 exceed eighteen. If you are careful in the 

 breeding and never keep a hound with a fault, 

 a hare will not often escape you. When, how- 

 ever ^ you first commence, you will probably have 

 to start with larger hounds, but the end you 

 should always have in view is the reduction of 

 your standard to as near seventeen inches as you 



