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Challenger 6 yrs, pedigree inside. 



Flighty 6 yrs. Beauty 6 yrs. Handsome 2 yrs. 

 Leader 3 yrs. 



Never hunted anything except a fox or hare. 



Leader is one of the best hounds in the world if 

 a bit small. He strains back to Pytchely Forager. 



Challenger always leader up to end of last 

 season. May be a bit slow now for a racing burst 

 but trust everything to his nose. I paid four 

 guineas for him and with a broken toe. 



Flighty and Beauty are nailers. Handsome 

 hangs about the huntsman's heels a bit, but he has 

 a great nose. 



Now this is the honest truth from sportsman to 

 sportsman. They are all sound. Terms £7 17s. 

 for the lot. You to send me back their bodies, 

 carriage paid, and they dead, for I want to bury 

 them with their relations and myself. An early 

 reply will oblige. 



Yours truly, 



Michael D— — ." 



There is an absolutely true story of a pack of 

 what the country people call foot dogs here, 

 which I have partly told before. 



These are the Ballingary Foot Dogs, which 

 board out at a variety of hospitable houses, and 

 have families not altogether of hound lineage, 

 but which possess the most extraordinary noses 

 and will hunt all day. 

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