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twelve years ; but we all hope at some future time or other to see 

 the E.C.H. entered in the stud book, and to see the first prize 

 at Peterborough won by a hound belonging to the E.C.H. 

 There is no reason why all this should not take place, provided a 

 good kennelman is kept, and the Master devotes heart and soul 

 to his hounds, and is careful to get good fresh blood in the pack. 



If all this be taken into consideration, I am sure you will find 

 that as good sport is shown by the smaller and level pack, and as 

 many hares killed. 



Beckford says : '* You will find nothing so essential to your 

 sport as that your hounds should run well together ; nor can this 

 end be better attained than by confining yourself, as near as you 

 can, to those of the same sort, viz. size and shape. A great 

 excellence in a pack of hounds is the head they carry ; and that 

 pack be said to go the fastest that can run 10 miles with the 

 fewest checks. As a good level pack at a check should spread 

 like a rocket, what can be finer than a pack like the horses of the 

 sun, ' all abreast '? " 



I hope you will excuse me, Mr. Editor, for trespassing on 

 your valuable space at such a length, but these are only 

 suggestions on my part, and I hope the matter will be thoroughly 

 sifted and discussed ; and let us hope that some authority on the 

 subject will put forth his views. Let your hounds be 



'* Facies non omnibus una, 

 Nee diversa tamen, qualem decet esse sonorum." 



