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heat of four miles, which she completed in seven 

 and a half minutes. She was afterwards sold for 

 four hogsheads of claret and a couple of her 

 whelps when she was bred from. 



It must not be forgotten that these hounds were 

 specially trained for these trials of pace and endur- 

 ance, that they ran over a country where the going 

 was all in their favour, and that a strong " trail " 

 was laid. There is no doubt that our modern 

 hounds would come out with equal credit under 

 similar conditions. 



Foxhounds soon take to hunting game other than 

 their legitimate quarry, more quickly taking up the 

 change of scent than one would imagine. For years 

 they have hunted the boar and stag in various 

 countries all over the world, and the wolf likewise. 

 Two years ago Mr. F. Lowe took a draft of hounds 

 from various packs over to a friend in Russia. He 

 says : 



During our stay we had a trial with the foxhounds in an inclosed 

 park, to see how they would tackle a wolf. On the first day the 

 new hounds did not at once seem to understand it, but they soon 

 owned the line, and we had a fairly good burst ; and, if we had 

 been so minded, could have killed Mr. Wolf. On the second 

 day we had made up our minds to have blood if the foxhounds 

 could break him up, which my host seemed to doubt. I gave 

 them a cheer or two as they began to feather on the line, and 

 away they went in grand style. Fred Payne, of the Fitzwilliam, 

 would have been delighted with the advancement of Rambler's 



