62 HOUNDS. 



hard hounds run, the old hound is always runnnig 

 on close to the head of the pack, and comes home 

 in front with his stern up. This was quite the w^orst 

 case I ever saw. 



I relate these circumstances to prove that if a 

 hound be ever so badly afflicted with kennel lame- 

 ness he can be cured. There are many men who 

 would not care to take so much trouble to cure 

 a hound, unless he was an exceptionally valuable 

 one. More often than not his working qualities are 

 forgotten because he is stiff and cannot run on, and 

 he gets put down, after physic and blisters have been 

 applied, with but little relief. 



I know^ of a pack of hounds that are lodged in 

 beautiful kennels, newly built, and though they have 

 always had every care and attention bestowed on 

 them they started going down with kennel lameness 

 the second season they were kennelled there. This 

 was on a porous soil. 



Such a case as this is very hard indeed, and 

 clearly shows the necessity of studying the nature of 

 the site on which it is proposed to build new kennels. 



There is one very important point that turns on 

 kennel lameness. If a pack suffers from it there is 

 always a large percentage of loss in brood bitches, 

 which is a very serious thing for any pack of hounds, 

 and means the commencement of going downhill in 

 the standard of the pack. 



One breeds from one's best bitches, and if they 



