164 Horse and Hound. 



habit, dispose of them, remembering that ''Evil 

 communications corrupt good manners." 



Hounds while in training should be fed light 

 and drawn fine the day they are expected to hunt ; 

 the venerable delusion that meat food affects the 

 scenting powers of a hound has long since been 

 exploded, but any animal's faculties are impaired 

 by an overloaded stomach, but it is owing more 

 to quantity than quality of food. A hound di- 

 gests its food slowly, and to carry a stomach full 

 of undigested food for hours with the body over- 

 heated will cause diarrhea. Unlike man, diges- 

 tion in a hound ceases while taking violent exer- 

 cise. This fact has been practically demonstrated 

 — two hounds were fed at the same time ; one was 

 then immediately put into a chase lasting several 

 hours, the other was chained up in his kennel. 

 They were both given emetics, and it was found 

 that the food of the running hound was in the 

 same condition as when eaten, while the kenneled 

 hound had digested his food. 



A hound requires more exercise than any 

 other breed of dogs to keep them in a perfect de- 

 gree of physical development, and if they can not 

 be hunted regularly, should be allowed to follow 

 a horse several miles a day. 



If you overfeed a hound he will surely become 

 fat and lazy, and it is doubtful if you can get 

 work enough out of him to maintain a standard 



