HOUND BREEDING. 21 



(II.) HARRIERS. 



How many men have asked the question, what 

 Is a real harrier ? But few have answered it, except 

 in the sense that a harrier is a hound that hunts 

 the hare. 



The modern harrier can now answer the question 

 for some generations, thanks to the careful com- 

 pilation of " The Harrier Kennel Stud Book," by 

 the late Mr. E. L. RIckards and Mr. C. W. M. 

 Kemp. In It can be traced the pedigrees of 

 hounds belonging to the principal packs in the 

 United Kingdom. On looking over the yearly 

 entries the lines of breeding of each pack can 

 be followed. This in itself will surely prove to 

 be of infinite value to masters in future years. 



If a master wishes to keep the real old-fashioned 

 Devonshire pied hound, he can get the strain from 

 several well-known packs In the west country; 

 if, again, he likes a dash of foxhound blood. It is 

 there ; and if he prefers pure foxhound blood he 

 can get it, with the following great advantage, 

 that, though of pure foxhound blood originally, 

 the progeny has been himting hare for several 

 generations, surely a point not to be Ignored. 



One great thing to be remembered is that the 

 original foxhound blood that was entered in " The 

 Harrier Stud Book " was almost entirely of the 

 best strains, so that future masters will owe a 

 debt of gratitude to the men who, possessing 



