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cornfields, potatoes, and turnips are not clear till September ; and in 

 November severe frosts often put a stop to riding- across country. The 

 absence of pastureland, with its fences and ditches, diminishes the 

 pleasure and increases the cost on the other hand, in consequence of 

 the damage done to arable land. All hounds are of EnQflish breed, 

 viz. foxhounds and harriers, but are bred in Germany ; huntsmen and 

 hunt servants are mostly Germans too. P'oxes are not always to be 

 got, so recourse must be taken to trapped wild boars, fallow and red 

 stags. The chase of the latter is de rig7teur on St. Hubert's Day 

 (November 3). Most hunts are managed on club principles, only 

 members and their ouests havino- a rio-ht to follow the hounds. 



The Potsdam Grunewald pack consists of some fifty boar-hounds ; 

 the kennels are at Klein Glienicke and are kept by the Emperor 

 (as King of Prussia) ; and often 80 to 100 horsemen, cavalry officers 

 predominating, put in an appearance. Boars only are hunted. The 

 hunt was founded in 1852 ; the hounds came from Dessau and 

 were of old German parentage. They are now crossed with English 

 blood. Weather permitting, the hunt meets twice a week. 



The Hanover foxhounds, consisting of a pack of forty hounds, 

 hunt mixed, generally trapped game. Prom 100 to 200 horsemen 

 attend as a rule. The pack is kept by the German Military Riding 

 Academy. The master is an officer ; the hunt servants non-com- 

 missioned officers, who ride, contrary to the German military etiquette, 

 in pink. The hounds are considered the fastest in the country. 

 Another pack is kept at Munich and hunted chiefly by Bavarian 

 officers. 



At Grossenhain, near Dresden, foxhounds are hunted in the same 



