36 SYSTEM OF KEXXEL AND 



CHAPTER VI. 



Prizes for raising foxhounds Good feeding and careful treatment 



riM | uisite for development of form The master's eye makes the 



/imi i id fat Objections to^ distant walks The malpractices of 



puppy dogs Home education not suitable Return to kcntirl 



'Iraft Number put forward A day on the flags Choice 



of entry Room for improvement The gentler sex take the 



lead Pytchley run of '(36, and the Waterloo hero Long days 



and long runs of "auld lang sync" A late draw The white 



e in a dark night Sensational visit to an old lady's 



domicile A long ride home. 



Tin: practice adopted by ourselves many years ago 

 of giving prizes to the rearers of the finest young 

 hounds, has been generally followed, producing 

 nearly the same effect as prizes awarded to cattle, 

 sheep, and pigs, at agricultural meetings ; and it 

 frequently happens that a successful exhibitor of 

 the best animal of his own breeding carries away 

 the silver tankard for the cleverest foxhound 

 of his own feeding. When the master or his 

 huntsman has exercised good judgment in produc- 

 ing whelps, which he has reason to think ought to 

 turn out clever from the fair proportions of sire 

 ami dam, the full development of form depends, in 

 a very great measure, upon their treatment in the 

 most growing state of their existence, from three 



