SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. 27 1 



pack is composedj and we have remarked the same 

 thing with horses. 



We remember, some years ago, sending a very 

 excellent hound to the late Lord Ducie, a trifle out 

 of the rectangular as to form, but in all other 

 respects perfect as to work, and his observation 

 after the probation of one season. 



'^ Your dog Bondsman does more for me in two 

 hours, when we are in difficulties, than the whole 

 pack for one day, and therefore I cannot aff'ord to 

 part with him, although, as you told me, he is a 

 three-cornered one." 



What he meant by a three-cornered one is, that 

 he was a little out at elbows, and rather flat-sided, 

 which imperfections are not suggestive of a hound^s 

 capability to endure the silvery rays of the moon, 

 one which would not challenge his enemy the fox, 

 in the words of the old song, — 



'* Oil ! meet me by moonligh.t alone !" 



We would rather measure work by its merits than 

 by the day. One labourer will do more in six hours 

 than another in twelve. So it is with hounds. 

 There have been two opinions as to the state, warm 

 or cold, of food given to hounds. It is fortunate that 

 both are right in the two seasons of the year — cold 

 may be given during the summer months, when the 

 hounds are lying idle, but in winter, especially after 

 hunting, there can be no doubt that hot broth, 

 mixed with oatmeal and meat, is the most proper 

 and nutritious ; besides which, warm food goes 

 much further than cold. A hungry man will 

 devour almost any quantity of cold boiled beef, of 



