10 syste:m of kennel and 



entry. Yet the fallacy of their judgment is shown 

 by their own kennel-hst. We have one of these 

 now before us, containing over seventy couples of 

 hounds altogether, including the year's entry. Now 

 we shall see, by looking to the head of the list, how 

 this yearly supply of forty young hounds or more 

 stands. 



At seven years old, there are only five hounds 

 remaining in the kennel. At six, nine. At G.Ye, 

 twelve only. That is, out of a hundred and twenty 

 hounds entered during the three years, twenty-six 

 only are deemed worthy, at the end of that time, 

 to hold their places in the pack. What lias become 

 of the other ninety-four ? Gone to France or 

 India, or, peradventure, swelling the ranks of minor 

 establishments, which cannot breed their own 

 hounds. Again, how many out of this large body 

 have been considered sufficiently meritorious to be 

 used as sires ? Six individuals only, and to our 

 certain knowledge three of these were the sons of 

 "very handsome, though very faulty, fathers. There 

 is the mischief — hence the falling ofi" in the four or 

 five-year-old hounds. The master could not resist 

 the temptation to breed from a very clever-looking 

 one, although fully cognizant of his foibles. He 

 was proud of parading a smart handsome entry on 

 the flags, and paid the smart accordingly, by wit- 

 nessing the gradual thinning of their ranks, at the 

 end of each campaign. 



In analyzing the contents of many large ken- 

 nels, a considerable amount of heterogenous in- 

 gredients will too often be found, which make a 



