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not require flesh at all. I give biscuit all the year round 

 (soaked in water for twelve hours previously), and there is no 

 better or cheaper food. In the winter flesh or scraps may be 

 advantageously mixed with the biscuit, and during the suramer 

 scraps and boiled green food, young nettles and cabbages form 

 a wholesome addition. Give powdered brimstone once a week 

 externally and internally (mixed in the food), with a dose of 

 salts occasionally. If the kennels are free from that curse 

 kennel-lameness, this treatment, with regular daily exercise, will 

 keep a pack in perfect health. 



Since the publication of the first edition of this volume 

 a movement has taken place amongst those interested in the 

 breeding of harriers which deserves notice. In 1889 a show 

 of harriers was held at Peterborough on the day following 

 the well-known Foxhound Show ; there was a considerable 

 diversity of type in the hounds shown, and much public corre- 

 spondence followed, with the result that in March 1891 a large 

 meeting of masters of harriers and beagles was held, probably 

 the first really representative meeting of the sort which has 

 ever taken place. The outcome of this meeting was that an 

 Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles was formed, 

 which undertook the work of founding stud-books for harriers 

 and beagles respectively, and of drawing up rules under which 

 future shows at Peterborough should be held. The Harrier 

 Stud-book was started on the broadest possible lines, taking in 

 every existing pack which chose to enter, add the show at 

 Peterborough has since been carried on under the rules drawn 

 up by this association. All this has naturally caused a stir and 

 movement in harrier breeding which has never before been 

 known ; masters of harriers have been bitten by the spirit of 

 emulation, and already the show of harriers at Peterborough 

 is a very different affair from what it was the first year or two. 

 Besides the above-mentioned facts, the spirit of the age appear^ 



