2 SYSTEM OF KENNEL AND 



sidered the perquisites of the huntsman. There 

 is another very obvious inducement, besides the 

 gratification of exhibiting a very handsome entry. 

 Those who breed on a very extensive scale, even 

 with the drawback of distemper, may feel tolerably 

 secure of being able to put forward a large and 

 clever lot of young hounds, from which a second 

 draft has to be made later in the summer, when the 

 time of danger from distemper has passed ; and 

 yet, with all this outward and visible show, are 

 there not some many, perchance chosen fathers 

 for their outward good looks more than for their 

 parents' good works ? Whatever huntsmen and 

 masters of foxhounds may argue to the contrary, 

 we know quite well, that a very handsome young 

 foxhound will not be put aside for the short- 

 L-< niiings of his sire or dam. The excuse is " Give 

 him a trial, he conies of a good sort, and ought 

 to keep his place;" to be more explicit, we will 



/>/! </>'<i.(ia, dozens of 

 which have fallen under our own observation. 



a young dog of prep appear- 



ance, \vell, goes through his first s. 



brilliantly, and up to Christinas of tl: 



i perfoni. it to admiration. A 



on filled, and Jasper is 

 1 to the seraglio, taking it for in 



that he will liol-i be commenced. With 



:her, aii'i fortnight's frost, a 



chain conduct, who 



cut comers, riLjht to cry, and Hashing 



;he line in highh natoiy style. The 



