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harrier, black, or black and tan in colour. Mr. 

 Jefferys claims for his hounds that they are one 

 of the few packs of harriers without any admix- 

 ture of foxhound blood, but what they lose in this 

 respect they gain in another, for underneath them 

 there lurks some of the bloodhound nature, and I am 

 told they are excellent at carefully working out a 

 cold scent, and that they take "rating" badly. How- 

 ever, they are interesting hounds, evidently about i8-|- 

 inches, and I believe that they received quite their due 

 when in the ring at Peterborough in 1891, and at 

 Bath the following year. 



The Lancashire chaps have always been very 

 partial to harriers, and the Holcombe have for long 

 been a noted pack. They are required big and 

 active in the district, and although they win prizes 

 as harriers I consider that their height, 22 inches, 

 shoukl quite put them out of the category of hare 

 hounds. The Rossendale Harriers are 22 inches, and 

 claim to be pure harriers, but, like other Lancashire 

 hounds, they are big ones. Mr. Sperling's 1 8-inch 

 harriers, that hunt from Lamerton, near Tavistock, 

 are more my idea of what a harrier should be. I 

 remember, both at Peterborough and Exeter shows, 

 seeing a few couple of lovely hounds from the 

 Seavington Hunt, and shown by Mr Langdon. 

 Rosebud and Rapture especially took my fancy a 



