130 Horse and Hound, 



lish hounds are far from being the equals of the 

 natives as "all around" foxhounds. 



I have imported hounds from some of the 

 best packs in England, Pychtly, Grafton, Quorn, 

 Belvoir, and others, and have hunted with many 

 imported by others, but have never hunted or 

 seen one in the field that I considered a top- 

 notcher. 



There Is no doubt but the English hound is 

 more satisfactory to hunt clubs in the East, where 

 the majority hunt to ride ; they are better trained 

 and broken, more evenly mated as to speed, not 

 fast enough to get away from the riders, more 

 sightly in appearance — if one can close his eyes 

 to the "out at elbow" and "toeing in" appearance 

 that nine-tenths of them present. They generally 

 are an even sorty lot, and frequently as much 

 alike as two peas, which Is all important with 

 many, as was evidenced by the reply I received 

 from a celebrated Eastern hunter who has famous 

 jumping horses and a well-known pack of hounds. 

 He wrote me to know if I could let him have a 

 hound good enough to win in field trials about to 

 be held. I answered in the affirmative, and stated 

 I had one I knew could smother his crack win- 

 ning hound — which, by the way, I had also bred. 

 He seemed delighted at the prospect of securing 

 such a good one, and I had the bitch shipped him, 

 a big, fine, racy, symmetrical hound. He re- 

 turned her with the statement that she had a 



