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ard. When Mr. Foxhall Keene went abroad last 

 spring, he expressed an intention of bringing 

 back a complete pack. It is reported that he sent 

 over 40^ couples, bred and hunted as a pack. 

 The Meadowbrook Hunt will have the advantage 

 of these hounds. It may be that Mr. Keene's pack 

 will equal Mr. Mather's. 



A volume designed to show American varia- 

 tions from English traditions cannot, however, 

 dwell long on the hunt clubs which uphold those 

 traditions. 



Radically, the difference between American and 

 British hunting is that the first is a matter of 

 hounds and the other a question of horses and 

 horsemanship. Glorious sport as a riding party 

 across country furnishes, the American style is 

 more to the purpose when we are on the subject 

 of hounds. 



Not long ago, Mr. Hudspeth, the owner of a 

 pack in Jackson County, Missouri, which has 

 been bred consecutively for over fifty years by 

 his uncle and himself, said to me : " You see 

 that big hound ? On looks he is the best hound 

 in the pack, but it will take another cross to 

 bring his blood up to the standard. I like this 

 English blood to give color and style, but the 

 original importation and the first cross are not 

 tough enough for our work. The sire of this 

 dog is an English stud dog which a friend 



