THE MODERN FOXHOUND 



however a little Welsh bitch can show them the 

 way, but her working ability is subordinated to 

 the "beautiful conformation" of the English 

 foxhounds which could not hold the line. And 

 yet foxhounds are supposed to be bred for the 

 express purpose of hunting and catching foxes. 

 With all due deference to the fashionable breeders 

 of to-day, and acknowledging the utility of the 

 standard type of hound in level and undulating 

 grass countries, there are districts such as the 

 fells and moorlands of the Lake country and York- 

 shire, as well as parts of Wales in which the local 

 hounds can out-run and out-hunt the best of the 

 fashionable kind that are annually exhibited at 

 Peterborough. A nice looking hound is a 

 pleasing possession if he has all the qualities 

 which go with a first-rate worker, but ' ' handsome 

 is as handsome does " should be the motto, with 

 particular emphasis on the does. 



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