ADVICE ON FOX-HUNTING 



hard to no purpose on a bad-scenting day. 

 But these are the boys to keep and breed 

 from; if one could get a whole pack of 

 them, very few foxes would get away. 



I think the best size for hounds is 23^ 

 inches for dogs, and rather lower, but not 

 much, for bitches. In a grass country no 

 hound, however big, can jump a stake-and- 

 bound fence with a ditch to him, to say 

 nothing of bullfinches, and small hounds do 

 get through these fences quicker and with 

 less tailing than big ones. In a wall or bank 

 country I do not suppose it matters so 

 much, though I doubt whether big hounds 

 are able to jump better than small ones. 

 Foxes must be bustled to be killed. Mr 



Jorrocks says : " Full well he knows, to 



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