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Here they are fed well and wax strong until the time 

 comes round, usually late in the summer, for them to 

 return to the kennels, to be properly entered with the 

 cubs. 



The occasion is utilized for a " show of the 

 puppies." Prizes are awarded, silver tea and coffee 

 pots and such like "useful pieces of furniture" 

 dear to the farmer's wives and daughters. A pleasant 

 day is spent ; the Master gives a luncheon, and he 

 " toasts " and is " toasted " in return. 



The hounds each year drafted to make room for 

 the puppies, are usually the perquisite of the hunts- 

 man and they may go to other kennels, or become 

 squandered over distant parts of the universe, where 

 they form a connecting link with u home." Or they 

 may go into the hands of some dealer or other, who 

 finds a ready market for them to an enterprising 

 theatrical manager, who seeks to add to the truthful- 

 ness of some country scene, the increased attraction 

 of a " scratch pack." During the past few years, 

 foxhounds have repeatedly appeared on the stage in 

 our leading theatres, where, to the sound of the horn 

 of the " super," and the clash of the orchestra, or 

 the strains of " John Peel," their reception has been 

 such as any debutante might have envied. But a 

 stage hound's life behind the scenes cannot be a 

 happy one, nor are their exercising grounds through 



