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INDEX 



blended race, 70 ; Masters 

 of, and hare-hunting packs, 

 287-288 

 Fox-hunting, difficulties of, 241 

 Somervile and, 9 ; rise of, 

 35 ; position of, 309; over- 

 riding hounds, 309-310; 

 capping, 311 ; changes in, 

 316 

 Frith, Squire, and his harriers, 

 229 ; his famous run, 229-230; 

 song concerning, 340-341 

 Froude, " Parson," and his 

 harriers, 64, 70 ; great run 

 with wild red deer, 231 

 Funcheon Vale harriers, 166 

 Furlong harriers, 150 



Garnett, Mr. C, on harriers, 



92, 259 

 " Gentleman's Recreation," 4 

 Gibbons, Mr. J. S., on different 



types of harriers, 92-96 ; and 

 ; his harriers, 136-137 ; on 



kennel lameness, 199 ; on 



good runs, 238, 239 

 Gifford family and hunting, 143 

 Gifford's, Lady, harriers, 83, 143 

 Glaisdale harriers, 126 

 Glanmire harriers, 166 

 Glanyrafon harriers, 83, 99, 155 

 Gloucestershire, harriers in, 119, 



136-137 

 Guestling foot-harriers, 141 



Hailsham harriers, 41, 57, 85, 

 98, 141-142 ; number of hares 

 killed by, 208 ; great run 

 with, 234-235 ; other runs 

 with, 263-274 

 Haldon harriers, 61, 1 50-1 51 

 Hallam and Eccleshall harriers, 

 126 



Hamilton harriers, 134 



Hardy, Col., dwarf beagles of, 

 277-278 



Hare, tracking, in snow, 

 5 ; statutes concerning, 5 ; 

 warrens, 16, 313-314; Sir 

 Roger de Coverley and, 29 ; 

 common brown or English, 

 37 ; blue or varying, 37 ; 

 weight of, 37-38 ; charac- 

 teristics of, 38 ; variation 

 in colour of, 38, 39, 40 ; 

 anecdote of white-cheeked, 

 39 ; Lord Ribblesdale's ex- 

 periment with, 40 ; fecundity 

 of, 40 ; marsh and down, 41 ; 

 Ground Game Act and, 41 ; 

 Preservation Act, 1892, 41 ; 

 protection of, 41-42 ; foes 

 of, 42 ; excellent swimmer, 

 43 ; going to ground, 43-44 ; 

 habits of, in captivity, 44-48 ; 

 affection of, for miller, 46 ; 

 courage and pugnacity of, 

 46-48 ; March hares, 48-49 ; 

 food of, 50-51 ; accident 

 to a, 50 ; sight of, 50 ; and 

 its form, 51-52 ; finding, 

 52-53 ; age of, 53 ; tricks 

 and devices of, 53-54; and 

 roads, 55-57 ; and cry of 

 hounds, 55 ; runs better in 

 open country, 56 ; taking 

 to the sea, 57, 58 ; and 

 soldier. Peninsula War, 58- 

 59 ; and foxhounds, 81 ; 

 tactics of startled, 102 ; at 

 a check, 106 ; in woodlands, 

 107-108 ; crossing a stream, 

 108 ; foiling her line, 108 ; 

 squatting, 109, 112; stiffness 

 of, when hunted, 111-112 

 in County Meath, 163-164 



