190 Horse and Hound. 



cially if there has been any friction with the 

 farmers of the neighborhood. The former is in- 

 dicated by vomiting and swollen tongue, while 

 the symptoms of the latter are twitching and 

 jerking of the limbs and muscles. 



If either is indicated when an antidote is not 

 to be had, an emetic of hot water and mustard, or 

 tobacco, should be given immediately, and should 

 be followed, after action, with a dose of lard. 

 If administered in time the hound can be saved. 



Spaying and castrating are seldom practiced 

 in this country; the only advantage (?) to be 

 gained is the transformation of a lathy, weedy 

 hound into one of better form and conformation, 

 but this is gained at the expense of energy, am- 

 bition, and vim. One of the most stringent rules 

 of the National Fox-hunters' Association is, that 

 a castrated or spayed hound shall be ineligible to 

 entry. I, as a member of the committee formu- 

 lating these rules, prepared and submitted this 

 rule, which, I am pleased to say, met with the 

 hearty and unanimous approval of the entire com- 

 mittee, as well as the association. 



