KENNEL LAMENESS. 6l 



end be bound to lead to trouble. A grass yard may- 

 be very useful when the young hounds come in from 

 quarters, as there they can gallop about, play and 

 exercise themselves, but it should never or hardly 

 ever be used by the old hounds. 



There is one bright thing to be remembered in 

 connection with kennel lameness, and it is that, be 

 a hound ever so badly afflicted, he can be cured. 



It was only this summer a friend sent me a stallion 

 hound, beautifully bred, but he was so tied up with 

 kennel lameness that he could hardly walk. My 

 huntsman wanted to put him down at once, but I 

 said, " No, 1 will see if I can cure him." I sent him 

 to a farm where I knew he would be well looked 

 after, ordered him new milk and as much as he 

 liked to eat, and as soon as he had settled down to 

 let him have the run of the place. I went to see 

 him after he had been there a month, and he seemed 

 better, but still stiff. I went again in another month 

 and found him much improved, but still deficient in 

 muscle. After the third month I went again, and 

 the old hound (he was in his seventh season) was 

 completely cured. 



To test him thoroughly I had him shut in a yard, 

 while the man who had the charge of him walked 

 away and whistled. As soon as the hound heard 

 him he made for the gate, and cleared it in a bound. 

 That was good enough for me, and I had him back 

 to kennel, and no matter how long the day, or how 



