TO MASTERS OF HOUNDS 



kill their fox they must have nose," but 

 also he knows " that to kill their fox they 

 must press him at some period or other of 

 the chase." 



There is great difference in foxes. Some 

 come to hand easily, but there are some 

 that will beat any pack of hounds, unless 

 at some time or other in the run they are 

 hard pressed for half-an-hour at least; in- 

 deed, there are some foxes who seem, over 

 grass, in dryish weather, to be able to keep 

 going nearly all day. It is certainly not 

 bone which enables hounds to catch foxes 

 of this sort. They must have good necks 

 and shoulders, and they must be in tiptop 

 condition. That is how the foxes are killed, 

 by care and careful conditioning in the 

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