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with every rib showing, and believe it is easier to work 

 on than work off. I should prefer the latter of the 

 two systems, but consider both are wrong. The old 

 hound should never be allowed to lose the muscle he 

 developed in the last season, and should have sufficient 

 exercise all summer to retain it. What that exercise 

 should be and how much should be given must be 

 left to the discretion of the man in charge. 



No hard and fast rule can be made as to the time, 

 distance or pace of summer exercise — all three must 

 depend to a certain extent on the weather. When 

 the sun is very hot and the roads dusty, the pace 

 should be slow, and the distance curtailed ; but against 

 this it should be remembered there are many hot days 

 in the latter part of August and beginning of 

 September, when, if a pack is not inured to exercise 

 in the heat of the day, it will be seeking the shade 

 instead of killing a cub. 



In addition to the regular horse exercise, which in 

 a well-organised establishment will be completed 

 before the sun has had time to gain much power, it is 

 of great benefit to the health of hounds to walk them 

 out in the afternoon for an hour or two. If there is a 

 field with some trees for shade within a mile or two, 

 the huntsman or whoever is in charge can walk there 

 and sit down, allowing his hounds to play about, dig 

 up pig-nuts, and generally amuse themselves. Of 

 course, two assistants are required to see that none 

 stray or get into mischief. However clean kennels 

 may be kept, the air soon becomes tainted, and the 

 inmates will gain fresh vigour from being taken into 

 the open. 



The average kennelman is of very superior class 

 to the ordinary kind of servant, and as a rule always 



