British Dogs at Work 



pretty considerable sum being paid each year 

 by the votaries of the sport. In the United 

 Kingdom there are no less than 200 odd 

 packs of foxhounds and 20 packs of stag- 

 hounds. 



The original outlay on a pack is also a 

 decent sum. Mr. Foljambe's pack was sold 

 by public auction for 3600 in 1845, and 

 Lord Middleton paid as much as 2000 

 guineas for ten couples. One could go on 

 enumerating the large sums handed over at 

 different periods of the last century for good- 

 looking hounds of fashionable blood did it 

 serve any useful purpose, but enough has 

 been said to show that a Master needs a long 

 purse or a big subscription if he is to show 

 good sport. 



Next to fox hunting comes the chase of 

 the hare, which may be indulged in on a 

 much humbler scale. The majority of 

 harrier packs of the present day are com- 

 posed of under-sized foxhounds, but we have 

 still some showing traces of the old slow- 



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