126 Horse and Hound. 



liable pleasure in indulging it. Nature has en- 

 dowed them with an enduring patience and cour- 

 age that enables them, hungry, fatigued, footsore, 

 and exhausted, to continue the chase while every 

 step is painful to a degree. 



Hounds have been known to run a fox or deer 

 twenty-four hours continuously without food or 

 rest. Bitches have been known to whelp while in 

 a chase, and an authentic case is on record of a 

 bitch whelping a pup and taking it up in her 

 mouth and continuing the run. I shipped a bitch 

 to the Brunswick Fur Trials in 1902 that had es- 

 caped from the kennel the night before, and join- 

 ing a running pack, had run for twelve hours in 

 the rough, rocky cliffs of the Kentucky River. 

 She reached Barre the day of the trials two days 

 later, and her handler wired me for instructions, 

 saying she had cut all the pads from her feet, and 

 could hardly walk. I wired him to put collodion 

 on her feet and start her anyhow, which he did. 

 While not winning, she ran gamely throughout 

 the trials, never faltering, and a hunter present, 

 realizing her gameness, wired me for price on 

 her. It is needless to add I refused to put a price 

 on her. 



In England skirting is considered one of the 

 most serious faults a hound can have. In view 

 of the fact that they hunt "home-grown foxes," 

 and know within a few hundred yards of where 

 the fox will be jumped, this may well be classed 



