I20 HARE-HUNTING AND HARRIERS 



It will, I think, be not uninteresting to pass from 

 north to south of England, glancing at the various 

 harrier packs and their countries en route. Let us 

 begin with Cumberland and Westmoreland, homes 

 of lakes and mountains, of grand scenery, and of the 

 sturdy yeomen-farmers of the dales. The Aspatria, 

 a pack dating from 1870, hunts a country between 

 Wedholme Flow in the North and Maryport in the 

 South, and from Binsey Hill on the East to Silloth 

 on the West. Of this, 70 per cent, is pasture, 

 the rest plough, woodland, and moor. Eleven couples 

 of cross-bred harriers are kennelled ; the pack is a 

 subscription one, and capping is not practised. In 

 Cumberland also hunt the Brampton Harriers, which 

 are kennelled near Carlisle, and have a history of 

 some fifty years. Ten couples of pure harriers form 

 the pack. The country consists for the most part of 

 grass and moorland, and the hearty fell farmers are 

 keen followers of the first-rate sport provided. In 

 Westmoreland the Windermere pack, owned by Mr. 

 Bruce Logan, with kennels at Ambleside, hunt 

 some of the most beautiful country in the kingdom. 

 It consists chiefly of moorland and lies partly in 

 Westmoreland, partly in North Lancashire. Hounds 

 number seventeen couples and hunt three days a week. 



In Northumberland we find but one pack existing. 

 This is Mr. Allgood's, which, maintained at Alnwick, 

 consists of sixteen couples of eighteen-inch cross-bred 

 hounds. They hunt a country of grass and moorland, 

 part of it within the limits of the Tynedale, Percy, 

 and Border foxhounds. In Durham are to be found 

 two packs, the Darlington and Mr. Meysey Thompson's. 

 The Darlington is a subscription foot-pack, consisting 

 of twelve couples of seventeen-inch harriers, which 

 are described as " pure." They hunt in South Durham, 



