HARRIERS FOR FOX-HUNTING 



The black and tan hounds, whether of the 

 Kerry or fell type, possess great hunting qualities, 

 and remarkable stamina and constitution. Their 

 dark colour is slightly against them in a rough, 

 moorland country, for they are rather bad to see, 

 but their grand cry makes up for this, as it ad- 

 vertises their whereabouts from a great distance. 

 There is nothing like the old strains for nose, 

 tongue, and all-round hunting ability, despite the 

 fact that they stand no chance in competition 

 at the shows. When all is said and done, hounds 

 are ostensibly bred for work and not to look at, 

 yet there is as much beauty about a well made 

 Kerry Beagle as there is to be found in the 

 modern foxhound with his abnormal feet, and 

 out-at-elbows appearance, to say nothing of the 

 absurd knuckling over at the knee. 



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