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they are inclined to hang on the line of a fox and 

 become noisy. The latter fault he finds not only with 

 the pure Welsh hound, but with the foxhound cross. 



Some time ago a hunting correspondent in the 

 Field took exception to some Welsh or half bred 

 Welsh hounds he saw, accusing them of '' babbling" 

 and other heinous offences. They were not, how- 

 ever, long without having their cause thoroughly 

 championed by those who knew a great deal more 

 about hounds than did the fault finding writer in the 

 first instance. I do not think I can do better than 

 reproduce the letters of, at any rate, the two writers 

 who first came to the rescue of the strangely 

 vilified hounds. 



" Linehunter " wrote: '' I venture to think that 

 your correspondent is not in possession of sufficient 

 data regarding the Welsh foxhound to warrant the 

 conclusion he appears, judging from his letter, to 

 have arrived at. He speaks of the Welsh hound as 

 being so ' shy ' as to require to be ' coaxed over a 

 road if horses are standing in it.' He also describes 

 him as being so free with his tongue as to throw 

 it continually ' when casting for the line.' Further 

 he asserts that he will not ' stand the whip.' 



'' With regard to shyness, it is quite possible to 

 find some trencher-fed packs, many of whose 

 members would trot off home if they had a severe 



