FOX-HUNTING ABROAD 



during the course of a run will try to evade 

 hounds by making use of all available cover. 

 Once in covert, a dead-beat jackal is not easy to 

 bring to hand, for he is an adept at twisting and 

 crawling about. He is harder to kill than our 

 English fox, owing to his stamina, and the fact 

 that hounds cannot be got into the same hard 

 condition in India as they can in this country. 

 Owing to the heat, hunting in India is an early 

 morning sport. Most Indian packs are kept up 

 to strength by annual drafts from England, and 

 owing to the climate hounds require careful 

 management in kennel. 



The oldest Hunts in India are the Madras, 

 Ootacamund, and Peshawar Vale. The earliest 

 records of the Madras hounds date back to 1776. 

 The hunting countries in India vary from grass 

 downlands and woodland to irrigated fields with 

 ditches, and mud or stone walls. Scenting con- 

 ditions of course differ as they do in this country, 

 some land being better in this respect than other 

 parts. 



The visitor to Australia can enjoy sport with 

 three Hunts, i.e., the Adelaide, Melbourne, and 

 Oakland. The Adelaide originally hunted carted 

 deer, but now they are a drag pack. The Mel- 

 bourne hunt fox in the country round the city of 

 that name, and the Oakland hunt fox and hare. 

 The fences in Australia consist of stiff posts and 

 rails, some hedges and walls, also wire fences. 



In New Zealand there are some fourteen or 

 fifteen Hunts. There are no foxes, so hares are 

 hunted, with an occasional drag. The fences 

 consist chiefly of wire and post and rails, Aus- 

 tralian and New Zealand horses are schooled 

 to jump wire. In some districts there are gorse 

 fences and banks. 



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