The Harrier, 125 



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, 

 should quite put them out of the category of hare 

 hounds. The Rossendale Harriers, also 22 inches, 

 claim to be pure harriers, but, like other Lanca- 

 shire hounds, they are big ones. Mr. Sperling's 

 18-inch harriers, that hunt from Lamerton, near 

 Tavistock, are more my idea of what a harrier 

 should be. 1 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 couple of '' hare pie " bitches, 

 with character enough for anything, without 

 any lumber about them, and minus the thick, 

 heavy bone of the foxhound. I was told the 

 master had twenty couples at home quite as 

 good, his hounds averaging about 19^ inches at 

 the shoulder. 



Mr. Webber had some pretty harriers at the same 

 Exeter show, at which hounds formed certainly the 

 feature. I need scarcely say that harriers like the 

 Seavington caught the judge's eye at Peterborough, 

 though they were hardly used that year when the 



