via CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



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Operations to be performed on foxhound whelps — Long and short 

 sterns — Vixen foxes and their cubs — A wily mamma — Play- 

 ing a game of hide-and-seek with conies — How to destroy 

 worms and parasites in puppies — Healing ointment for 

 burns and scalds — Blistering after firing cruel and unneces- 

 sary — Hothouse plants and forced meat . . . .21 



CHAPTER V. 



Unnecessary cruelty to animals condemned— Necessity of brand- 

 ing foxhound whelps — Homeward bound — Anecdote of a 

 lady foxhound — Marvellous instinct — The Three Magpies on 

 Hounslow Heath — Agreeable incidental adventures — Travel- 

 ling in bygone days — The extra spur to footboys — Advantages 

 of giving names to puppies before sent to their walks . .29 



CHAPTER VI. 



Prizes for raising foxhounds — Good feeding and careful treatment 

 requisite for development of form — The master's eye makes 

 the hound fat — Objections to distant walks — The mal- 

 practices of puppy dogs — Home education not suitable — 

 Return to kennel — First draft — Number put forward — A 

 day on the flags — Choice of entry — Room for improvement 

 — The gentler sex take the lead — Pytchley run of '(56, and 

 the Waterloo hero — Long days and long runs of " auld lang 

 syne " — A late draw — The white horse in a dark night — 

 Sensational visit to an old lady's domicile — A long ride home 36 



CHAPTER VII. 



Treatment of young hounds when brought home to kennel — 

 Going out in couples — Jerusalem ponies to be especially 

 avoided — Cur dogs — Cure for exuberant spirits — Deer parks 

 and hare warrens — Distemper princlpiis obsta — Following 

 the plough — Diet — Extraordinary case of distemper — 

 Remedies and prescriptions 46 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Rounding the entry — Reasons for so doing — Quickest mode of 

 performing it — Varieties of foxhounds and crosses — Stud- 

 books of kennels — Oldest establishments — The chase of wolf, 

 boar, and stag in ancient times — Dogs used for this purpose 

 — Their size and strength — Depredations of wolves in the 

 reign of Athelstan — Bloodhound cross in North Warwick- 

 shire kennels — Our own experiment in this cross — Black- 

 and-tan pack in the west of Ireland . . . . .55 



