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Lutliers, wlio added much to the fame of the pack), 

 and eventually about seven seasons ago, it came into 

 the hands of Mr. Harris of Pentre Nant — who had for 

 twenty-five years been connected with it, and who, 

 while retaining the old blood in kennel, has not failed 

 to seek fresh strains from neighbouring kennels. The 

 extent of country hunted has been very largely 

 increased of late years — side by side with the great 

 increase in the area of highland that has come under 

 cultivation — till the United Pack now wanders over a 

 district that is quite roomy enough for a second, or a 

 much larger, establishment. Two days a week, with 

 an occasional bye, are scarcely enough for a stretch of 

 country exceeding twenty miles each way. There is 

 no necessary limit to their sphere of operations on the 

 Welsh — or Montgomeryshire — side; but, practically, 

 the United Hunt do not work much farther than 

 Newtown, Powis Castle Park, and Welshpool. Beyond 

 this area — the ground becoming rougher and more 

 mountainous as you go — are only some few small hill 

 packs, kept by the farmers — who, everywhere in this 

 and the neighbouring counties, would seem to be 

 exceptionally hearty in backing up the traditional 

 sport. 



No better proof of the scenting quality of this wild 

 hill country need be sought than is furnished in the 

 Journal of the Eoyal Agricultural Society for the 

 present year. The Earl of Cathcart in his admirable 

 article on half-bred horses quotes at full length the 

 catalogue of sale of the Horses used with the Mont- 

 gomeryshire Foxhounds, and sold at Welshpool in 

 1826. No. 10 is set down as having: "for two vcars 



