<Q>F TTDHIE 



UNDER the general head of " hare hunting " may be 

 grouped several forms of a sport very popular in 

 widely separated parts of the world. To the Briton, 

 the mere mention of a hare calls up memories of cours- 

 ing and that blue ribbon of the sporting canine world, 

 the Waterloo Cup, which along with other important 

 fixtures has for so long aroused the enthusiasm of 

 our brethren oversea. Several European nations, 

 too, have their own favorite methods of circum- 

 venting poor puss, but they need not be dwelt 

 upon. 



Until a comparatively recent date, we had nothing 

 to compare with the British sport, but the natural 

 advantages of vast tracts of our Middle West and 

 Far West country were too apparent to be long over- 

 looked after the tide of permanent settlement had 

 once fairly set westward. Among the most useful 

 classes of settlers were sturdy men, and not a few 

 moneyed men, from the sporting counties of Great 

 Britain. These men had the characteristic nomadic 

 and sporting instincts strongly developed in fact 



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