HOUNDS AND TERRIERS 



we cannot deny that the deep, resonant music of 

 a pack of pure otterhounds is deHghtful to listen 

 to, something more than the " band " is required 

 to kill an otter. 



Foxhounds, cross-breds, and Welsh hounds 

 throw their tongues well enough, and in addition 

 they possess dash and drive, with little or no 

 inclination to dwell. Foxhounds, before they 

 have entered properly, draw wide and will not 

 always stick to the river, but if they have done a 

 few season's stag-hunting — thus being used to 

 water work — they generally enter well to otter and 

 draw closely enough. A hound may not take any 

 interest in the sport during his first season, but the 

 following season he may prove to be one of the 

 best. Unfortunately the majority of draft fox- 

 hounds are aged before they find their way to the 

 otterhound kennels, therefore any lengthy delay 

 in entering to their new quarry shortens the period 

 of their usefulness, that at the best cannot be very 

 long. 



Aged foxhounds after a time show an inclina- 



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