DRAGHOUNDS 



If the saying of Montaigne, the wise French 

 philosopher, be true, that " Nothing gives us 

 more satisfaction than to witness the mis- 

 fortunes of our friends," surely the " moving 

 accidents by flood and field" almost insepar- 

 able from the "pursuit of the red herring," 

 must be pleasant to witness for those prudent 

 folk who keep " out of the hurly-burly ! " It 

 may be open to objections — what sport is 

 not ? — but of all the wholesome, inspiriting, 

 rough-and-tumble games for a horseman, I 

 think nothing beats drag-hunting, and I have 

 had as long an experience of it as most 

 people. 



Now, a drag pack should be well done, or 

 not done at all ; that is to say, if men bring 

 out a lot of hounds just fit for the halter, 

 and see them stringing all over the place — 



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