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pack can prove itself to be with the best of 

 hares. I do not suppose there exists to-day 

 a pack Hke that of Mr. Honey wood's, fifty 

 or sixty years ago, not a hound above 10 

 inches, all level, and every one pure white, 

 a perfect little lot. One contemporary writer 

 said : *' It is quite beyond credence the 

 number of hares they kill in the course of a 

 season. When running with a good scent, 

 they might belong to the Fairy Queen, so 

 small, fast, and handsome are they." 



Hare - hunting ought to preserve an 

 honoured place amongst our national sports. 

 For the young on foot it is a manly and 

 healthy pursuit ; for those who have to ride, 

 a pleasant and pretty pastime. It gives 

 those whose stud is too limited for fox- 

 hunting an opportunity of sharing the incom- 



