250 HARE-HUNTING 



being in such hard condition that they wear the 

 hare down, and by having such good noses that 

 they practically never stop. A slow hound that 

 is always on the line gives a hare very little 

 time to get her wind, and if you can only keep 

 her going, you will soon tire her out. 



The bicycle will be found an excellent means 

 of exercising hounds and getting them fit, but 

 you neve ought to take them fast when the 

 roads are dusty, and at all times six miles an 

 hour is quite fast enough. Have them out as 

 often and as long as you can in the summer. 

 If you can manage it, a twenty-five mile walk 

 once a week is a splendid thing for the hounds, 

 and will harden their feet. 



If you intend hunting the beagles yourself, 

 you must not neglect your own condition, and 

 a five -mile run once or twice a week during 

 the summer will make running in the winter 

 a pleasure instead of a weary toil. Unless the 

 huntsman is an extraordinary runner, he should 

 never spurt or try to compete with his field, 

 and always manage to have something in reserve, 

 so that he can take hounds quickly to a halloa 

 or lift them to view a beaten hare. This is the 



