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IV Fox Hunting in New England 56 



Uncle Abner — A genuine sportsman of the real old sort — 

 Two famous bird dogs — A sail — Shooting the fox — 

 Apples and cider 



V With Horse and Hounds on the Western Plains 6^ 



Jack Rabbit — Coyote and wolf hunting — The sporting 

 parson — Western ways — A thoroughbred sportsman 



VI Jack Rabbit Hunting with Greyhounds 72 



"In the beginning" — Messrs. Bartel Brothers' famous 

 pack — The most beautiful dog show on earth — Coyote 

 hunting at Colorado Springs 



VII Coyote Hunting on the Plains of Colorado 83 



The great plains at sunrise — Ranch life — The antelope 

 chase — The old cattleman — A good shot — The ride of 

 the tenderfoot — Roping a coyote 



VIII The Genesee Valley 97 



The valley itself — Nature of the land hunted over — The 

 natives — Why they love the valley — A visit to the kennels 



IX A Day with the Genesee Valley Hounds 109 



The meet at Belwood — The Hunt breakfast — The 

 Covert — Seven Gullies — Who-whoop 



X Hunting in Canada 117 



Plenty of sport — Our neighbours — A Canadian sports- 

 man — Yachting — The Toronto Hunt Club — Women 

 riders — A sportsman's paradise 



