1 1 2 Modern Dogs. 



more now. However, it would be out of place here 

 to enter fully into the history of this Royal pack, and 

 those who yearn after more knowledge of this kind 

 can easily gain it from other sources. At the time 

 I write, hounds are well matched and most uniform, 

 the dogs standing about 24 inches, and the " ladies^' 

 22-|- inches at the shoulder. 



The above measurements may be taken as about 

 the standard heights of the staghound, though the 

 Devon and Somerset, which hunt the wild deer on 

 Exmoor and on the Quantock Hills, are rather larger. 

 The rough country of coombes and thick gorse 

 necessitates as big a hound as can be obtained, so 

 25 to 26 inches is the standard Mr. R. A. Sanders, 

 the present master, seeks to acquire, and he uses 

 entirely dog hounds, drafts from various foxhound 

 kennels. Not more than one bitch has been in this 

 pack for a dozen years or so, and no puppies are 

 bred by the hunt. 



There is no doubt that the chase of the wild red 

 deer is glorious sport, and the genuine lover of 

 hunting, one who likes to admire hounds work, and 

 the cleverness of the horse, cannot do better than 

 run down to Dulverton in the season, and see how 

 the Devon and Somerset hounds can go. Long 

 stern chases are common with them, and the forty 

 minutes bursts in the Midlands after the fox, give 



