SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. 1 9 1 



hard from the finding to the finish ; still, if highly 

 bred, they will never give in, even "when the 

 moon rides pale regent of the sky/' 



From time immemorial every master of fox- 

 hounds has been conceded the privilege of breeding 

 from his neighbour's pack, or any more distant 

 ones, without payment of money, save the usual 

 fees to huntsmen and feeders, as a trifling remu- 

 neration for their attention to the ladies consigned 

 to their care for this purpose ; and so far from their 

 keep being charged, they live free of expense to 

 their owners during the short period of their 

 sojourn at the other master's kennel. This is a 

 custom we believe unknown to breeders of other 

 sporting dogs, showing the friendly feeling existing 

 between brother-masters anxious to promote the 

 common cause in so disinterested a matter. In 

 some cases reciprocal advantages may occur, but a 

 young master forming a new pack, may for years 

 be importer-general of the best blood from an 

 old-established kennel, without the power of 

 making any return whatever, since the owners of 

 old establishments would not think of sending to 

 those of late formation, and composed, as they 

 generally are, of draft-hounds. Before the intro- 

 duction of railways, we sometimes had to send 

 more than two hundred miles to a stud-hound of 

 high repute, the journey being performed by road 

 with horse and suit, and a trustworthv servant. 

 Whatever cause of annoyance to foxhunters in 

 other respects, railways are a great convenience to 

 them in the quick transit of horse and hound, at 



