"Resolved to die. 

 He fears no more." 



XXVIII 



A DAY WITH THE MARQUIS DE CHAMBRAY'S 



HOUNDS 



THE WHITE HOUNDS OF THE KING STARTING THE LORDLY STAG 



A PERCHERON STALLION IN HARNESS — HALLALl! HAL- 



LALl! — THE 1908th STAG — IN DEFENCE OF THE CHASE. 



T T was during the reign of Louis XI, who came to the throne 

 ■*- in 1461," said Commandant Roger Laurent, "that this par- 

 ticular breed of hounds originated. King Louis XI received 

 from a poor gentleman a certain white dog, called 'Souliard,' 

 and it was from this celebrated dog, that the famous race, ever 

 since known as 'The White Hounds of the King,' descended."* 



Louis XII continued in the same line, and so on down to the 

 reign of Charles IX, who published a book on hunting, and 

 could not say enough in praise of this race of dogs. 



Henry IV of England was so pleased with the working of 

 these hounds, that he introduced the blood into his own Royal 

 pack. James I of England took over a pack of them, and also 



*It is said in the history of the times, according to an article 

 in "L^ Sport Universal" that on account of the way they distinguished 

 themselves above other hounds in the chase, the King decided to keep 

 no others. 



