10 SYSTEM OF KENNEL AND 



entry. Yet the fallacy of their judgment is shown 

 by their own kennel-list. We have one of these 

 now before us, containing over seventy couples of 

 hounds altogether, including the year's entry. Now 

 we shall see, by looking to the head of the list, how 

 this yearly supply of forty young hounds or more 

 stands. 



At seven years old, there are only five hounds 



remaining in the kennel. At six, nine. At five, 



twelve only. That is, out of a hundred and twenty 



hounds entered during the three years, twenty-six 



only are deemed worthy, at the end of that time, 



to hold their places in the pack. What has become 



of the other ninety-four ? Gone to France or 



India, or, peradventure, swelling the ranks of minor 



establishments, which cannot breed their own 



hounds. Again, how many out of this large body 



been considered sufficiently meritorious to be 



.' Six individuals only, and to our 



LD knowledge three of these were the sons of 



'tome, though very faulty, fathers. There 



misrhirf hence the falling off in the four or 



five-year-old hounds. The master could not resist 



notation to breed from a very clever-looking 



one, although fully cognizant of his foibles. He 



1 of parading 16 entry on 



the flags, and paid the smart accordingly, by wit- 



1 thinning of their ranks, at the 



eii'l of each campaign. 



In analyzing the contents of many large ken- 

 nels, a 00 le amount of enous in- 

 gredients will too often be found, which make a 



