THE HARRIER 203 



his work to the satisfaction of tliose who follow 

 him. 



We have as yet omitted to discuss the best size 

 for a harrier, and this must be left very much to the 

 taste of the master. It is certainly true that there are 

 differences in countries ; amongst little enclosures and 

 in hilly districts a small hound of eighteen inches or 

 so will answer the purpose, but in such countries as 

 the Sussex Downs, or the wide-stretching pastures of 

 the Craven Hunt in Yorkshire, hounds of that size 

 would generally toil in vain after the strong hares 

 that arc accustomed to travel miles every night in 

 their wanderings after such dainty bits of feeding as 

 take their fancy ; also, where long distances have to 

 be travelled by road to and from the meet, a hound of 

 nineteen to twenty inches or so will be found to do 

 his work with greater ease to himself and his master 

 than a smaller one. The limits of height may be 

 laid down between eighteen and twenty-one inches. 

 The latter is big enough for any country, and any- 

 thing under the smaller size has hardly enough power 

 to do a day's work at a pace sufficient to justify the 

 employment of horses as an aid to getting to 

 hounds. 



The easiest way of securing a level pack of 

 hounds is, of course, to pick up drafts from fox- 



