A I^AMOUS IvAKEIvAND FOXHOUND PACK 



coloured as well, or they would not be easily seen 

 at a distance against a dark background of 

 heather or rock. Added to the above they 

 possess capital noses — for they hunt the drag of 

 their fox in the old-fashioned way — and they 

 give any amount of tongue. The latter quality 

 is very desirable in hill-hounds, for when they get 

 far out of sight they can still be heard. Self- 

 reliance is also one of their qualifications, for being 

 on foot the huntsman can seldom be with them 

 at a check, and they must therefore put things 

 right for themselves. 



A peculiarity of these fell hounds is that they 

 do not break up their foxes. They are content 

 to kill, and let it go at that. Perhaps this is 

 just as well, otherwise there would be few trophies 

 collected, seeing that huntsman and field are 

 afoot, and often do not reach the spot until long 

 after a fox has been rolled over. As an example 

 of " hounds for countries," the Ullswater are an 

 object lesson, for their average of foxes killed each 

 season is thirty brace or over, truly a wonderful 

 record considering the mountainous nature of their 

 country and the difficulties under which both 

 hounds and huntsman have to work. 



The pack was founded in 1873 by the amal- 

 gamation of two old local packs, the Baldhowe 

 and the Patterdale. Mr. J. E. Hasell was Master 

 from 1880 to 1910, in which latter year the present 

 Master, Mr. W. H. Marshall, took over the reins 

 of office. The country, which lies in Cumberland 

 and Westmorland, adjoins the Blencathra on the 

 North-west, and the Coniston Hunt on the South. 



As may be imagined in a wild mountainous 

 region, the foxes are tough and hard to kill. 

 During the war they increased tremendously in 

 the fell country, and though the huntsmen of the 



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