yo . Modern Dogs. 



Of more recently established packs, there are the 

 Dumfriesshire, with a popular master in Mr. J. Bell- 

 Irving, and an equally popular huntsman in Mr. W. 

 Davidson ; Mr. Edmund Buckley's (Wales) ; The 

 Rug, the Hon. C. H. Wynne, master ; The Pem- 

 broke and Carmarthen, Mr John Evans, master ; 

 and the Bucks, Mr. W. F. E. Uthwatt, master ; 

 may be specially mentioned. There are also other 

 otter hounds hunting in Devonshire, Somersetshire, 

 Hampshire, Yorkshire, Carmarthenshire, Merioneth- 

 shire, Brecknockshire, in county Wexford, and near 

 Dublin. Captain Dawson (Otley, Yorkshire) kept 

 a pack of otter hounds for some years, but sold 

 them to Sir Henry Bromley, in 1894, because of 

 the scarcity of otters in his locality. Then Sir 

 Cecil Legard had a pack in Yorkshire, which he 

 gave up about the same time for a similar reason, 

 and his hounds went to Mr. Assheton Smith, of 

 Vaynol Park, who only kept them a couple of 

 seasons, when they were sold to Mr. John Evans, 

 master of the Pembroke and Carmarthen Otter 

 Hounds. 



The dog otter hound should stand about 25 inches 

 at shoulder, the bitch about 23 inches. The best 

 and most favourite colours are the blue and white, 

 though not so much mottled as the beagle, and a 

 iiard looking pepper and salt colour. Yellow and 



