CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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The Arcana of breeding Foxhounds — Quality to be regarded 

 before quantity — Sires and dams of approved characters — 

 Breeding judiciously rersus breeding extensively — Jasper a 

 case in point : — " Quo semel est imbuta recens " — The 

 author of "The Noble Science" and the Quagga — Mulish 

 facts are stubborn facts — Symmetrical proportions — Heads 

 before tails — John Ward's opinion on large "knowledge- 

 boxes " — The late Squire of Tedworth and Soloman — 

 Shoulders and hind-quarters — Field and kennel himtsman — 

 " Nemo est ex omni parte beatus " • | • • • • 1 



CHAPTER II. 



Huntsman and Whipper-in — General want of harmony between 

 them as to the occult science — He comes too near who comes 



to be denied — Old S and his successor in office — The 



test of sound discretion in breeding foxhounds — An instance 

 of its failure in a large hunting establishment — John Ward's 

 deliberation — Early whelps the strongest and straightest — 

 Difficulty of selecting the best— Dark colours preferable to 

 light 8 



CHAPTER III. 



Certain proportions necessary in brood -bitches — Large litters 

 objectionable — How to obviate this excess — Treatment of 

 lady foxhounds — Air and exercise — Lodgings at night — 

 Paddock and boxes for whelps — Cutaneous eruptions — 

 Remedies — Foster-mothers . . . . . . \i 



