26S LEAVES FROM A HUNTING DIARY 



Hare hunting was soon over ; but when the end came, Mr. 

 Ouare had the satisfaction of looking back upon a record 

 season. 



Mr. Ouare has been a hunting man all his life, and what 

 is far more uncommon, a hound man. Commencing on foot 

 with the Essex Hounds in the season 1859-60, he has had the 

 opportunity of studying the methods of various Masters of 

 various packs of hounds in his native county of Essex. In 

 1892-93 Mr. Ouare kept Beagles in Essex, and won second 

 prize for the best couple of unentered dogs in July, 1894, ^^^ 

 in July, 1895, second prize for the best couple of entered 

 bitches. Mr. Ouare had previously kept Beagles in Cheshire 

 in 1867-68. 



In April, 1896, he took over Mr. E. Barclay's pack of 

 Harriers, twenty couples, and hunted five days a fortnight 

 in 1896-97. In July, 1896, at Peterborough, Mr. Quare 

 won the second prize for the best couple of entered dog- 

 hounds, nineteen inch class (Mr. Ouare's standard), also second 

 prize for entered bitches. Increasing his pack in 1897-98 to 

 thirty couples, he hunted three days a week, and in July, 1897, 

 at Peterborough, won the following prizes : — First, with 

 "Dexter" and "Dancer," best unentered couple dog-hounds, 

 not exceeding 19 inches. Second prize with "Scalper" and 

 " Windsor," best couple of entered dog-hounds ; winning 

 the Champion Cup for dog-hounds with " Scalper." Further, 

 the Silver Cup for best three couples of dog-hounds ("Scalper " 

 and "Windsor"), ("Warbler" and "Signet"), ("Dasher" 

 and "Dexter"), making, with the second prize for entered 

 bitches "Refuge" and "Lovely," five prizes carried off in 

 1897. In 1898, however, he was even more successful, as the 

 following bare statement will show : — 



First prize, best couple of entered dog-hounds (" Dexter " 

 and " Warbler"). 



Second prize, best couple of entered dog-hounds (" Scalper" 

 and " Signet "). 



Champion Cup, best single dog-hound ("Warbler"). 



Silver Cup, best three couples of dog-hounds ("Dexter" 

 and " Warbler"), (" Scalper " and "Windsor"), ("Streamer" 

 and " Signet "). 



First prize, best couple of unentered bitch hounds (" Sylvia " 

 and " Songstress "). 



First prize, best couple of entered bitch hounds (" Fuchsia " 

 and "Refuge"). 



Champion Cup, best single bitch hounds (" Sylvia "j. 



