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man, and they may go to other kennels, or become 

 squandered over distant parts of the universe, where 

 they form a connecting Hnk with '' 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 

 the thronged streets adjoining our great thorough- 

 fares, so healthy as a roll on the grass in the 

 Pytchley pastures. 



As to the " rounding " of the ears, " Stonehenge " 

 believed it useful In " preventing canker either from 

 foul blood or mechanical injury. . . . The sole 

 use of an abnormally large ear, as far as I can see, 

 is to aid the internal organ of hearing, and It is only 

 found in hounds which depend upon co-operation for 

 success — that Is to say, that hunt in packs. In this 

 kind of hunting, the ear is required to ascertain what 

 is given out by the tongues of the leading hounds, 



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