THE MANAGEMENT OF HOUNDS 



ance and more easy to obtain. They do not 

 give tongue like the American hounds, but they 

 make music enough, and as your drag need not 

 run through large woodlands, the field is in no 

 danger of losing them if they keep anywhere 

 near at hand. The American hound will stand 

 no knocking about ; a whip crack or a harsh 

 " rate," and he is off home ; he can rarely be 

 handled on the roads unless coupled, and, once 

 the run is over, will march away to kennel by 

 himself, while, if the whip tries to " turn him to " 

 the master, he is lucky if he gets to him within 

 the limits of the county. In kennel, also, they 

 are shy and discontented. After our wild foxes 

 the American hound, with his wonderful nose, 

 his patience, his pace, and his conversational 

 powers, is unapproachable, but he insists upon 

 handling the job his own way, and, be you ever 

 so intimate with him, resents your interference 

 with his business firmly and immediately, nor, 

 once he has left off through your officiousness, 

 will he begin again, that day at least. English 

 hounds may be " rated," thrashed, ridden over, 

 " lifted," cast and banged about any way you like, 

 once get them on the line again and they go 

 cheerfully on their way, " 'owling 'orribly," as the 

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