74 Horse and Hound. 



a half-hearted way, I never knew one to get his 

 "ticket of leave" before a pack of hounds when 

 turned down under favorable conditions for 

 trailing. 



If given twenty minutes' license they are gen- 

 erally killed in less than the same amount of time 

 after the hounds are laid on the line. I have 

 known of several instances in which hounds ut- 

 terly refused to run a bag fox; in fact, one of 

 the best ''all-round" hounds I ever owned could 

 never be induced to run a bag fox. 



One form of fox-hunting, as practiced in 

 America, that is extremely popular, especially in 

 the South, is "night-hunting." It is regarded by 

 Eastern and Northern hunters very much in the 

 same light as drag-hunting is by Southerners. 

 While I have indulged in it more or less all my 

 life, I must say it has never been popular with 

 me; I care more for one good daylight run than 

 a month of night hunting. 



I can not account for its popularity or the 

 strong hold it has obtained upon its devotees (who 

 are legion), unless the fact that in the South one 

 can hunt every night in the year, whereas, if they 

 had to depend upon days with proper hunting 

 conditions, the runs would be but few and far 

 between. There are many hunting enthusiasts 

 held in its bondage whose chiefest zest in the 

 sport is derived from the melody of the deep- 

 toned tongues of the clamorous pack in full mo- 



