SYSTEM OF KENNEL 



AND 



SCIENCE OF FOXHUNTING. 



CHAPTER I. 



SIRES AND DAMS. 



The Arcana of breeding Foxhounds Quality to be regarded before 

 quantity Sires and Dams of approved characters Breeding 

 judiciously versus breeding extensively Jasper a case in point : 

 " Quo semel est imbuta recens " The author of "The Noble 

 Science " and the Quagga Mulish facts are stubborn facts 

 Symmetrical proportions Heads before tails John Ward's 

 opinion on large " knowledge -boxes " The late Squire of Ted- 

 worth and Soloman Shoulders and hind-quarters Field and 

 kennel huntsman "Nemo est ex omni parte beatus." 



ONE of the most difficult tasks devolving on bunts- 

 men to foxhounds, consists in the proper selection 

 of Sires and Dams, for the purpose of maintaining 

 the pack in its integrity and efficiency. In very 

 large kennels, a corresponding number of whelps 

 are annually produced, and to ensure a good-look- 

 ing entry, many bitches are used as mothers before 

 their characters have become thoroughly developed 

 in the field. This is, to say the least of it, a very 

 hap-hazard mode of proceeding, yet is such a prac- 

 tice too prevalent where draft-hounds are cou- 



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