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to size in the ability to jump fences, and remarks : 

 " We can say without the least hesitation that a 

 small, compactly built hound will invariably beaji a 

 big, lengthy hound when it CQmes to negotiating all 

 sorts of fences." This writer has evidently studied 

 the subject very thoroughly, and as much of his ex- 

 perience appears to have been gained on the Fells, 

 where, with no fences to stop them, ijb might be 

 thought the big hounds would score, we would do 

 well tc heed his advocacy of the small, compact sort. 



Mr. Clapham, in his book, Foxes, Foxhounds, 

 and Foxhunting, definitely condemns the modern fox- 

 hound which appeals to Peterborough judges, and 

 states that ihe animal finding favour there is not 

 built on the lines to stand a really hard day's work, 

 or at least will not last them many seasons. 



I think all who. have the interest of the foxhound 

 at heart should read and ponder over i}he conclusions 

 this author arrives at. Although agreeing with much 

 he has written, and recognising the powers of observa- 

 tion that have enabled him to write the book, I can- 

 not agree with him entirely. 



What experience Mr. Clapham may have had in 

 .the grass countries of the Midlands I do not know, 

 but imagine it must have been slight. When he 

 speaks of modern foxhounds that have been taken to 

 the Fells, he says they have compared very badly, 

 both for nose and pace, with the local hounds. What 

 these particular animals were like, or where they 

 hailed from, he does not state, but as the Fell sports- 

 men are not naturally overburdened with money, they 

 would hardly be prepared k) pay big prices. It is 

 not likely the master of a fashionable pack would 



