184 THE TKINITY FOOT BEAGLES 



meet in his motor car, and has a motor van for the beagles : ^ no 

 bother about hurrying h(jme on foot, probably does not dine in Hall 

 after beagling, Ijut has a " banquet " in his own rooms from the 

 College kitchens. / wonder if the Master ever sees his hounds fed 

 after hunting. — Believe me, yours sincerely, 



Eenest St. Maur. 



The gastronomy of Cambridge beagling has a chapter to itself. 

 [Jnofiicial " Athenaeum Bloods " do sometimes lunch in comfort and 

 come out late in a " Pitt taxi." As to Masters' care of their hounds 

 here is the answer, and I am sure that no one will be more pleased 

 than my correspondent to hear that his hypothetical and very gentle 

 satire on latter-day luxury is, so far as working beaglers are con- 

 cerned, misplaced, as the following extracts show. — F. C. K. 



When feeding, I always let the thin ones out first. By doing 

 this they get first chance, and pick out a lot of meat. The fat 

 hounds will not want nearly as much as the thin ones. 



On hunting days they w^ere never fed, but had their big grub 

 at 3 o'clock the day before. On the morning after hunting, they 

 always had some thin grub. This keeps them quiet and makes them 

 sleep. 



The kennels ought always to be clean and fresh by 9 a.m., and 

 care should be taken not to let any water stand on the paving. 

 Hounds are very apt to catch rheumatism, and too much care cannot 

 be taken. 



The water troughs should be well washed out before fresh water 

 be put in. The bedding should always be dry, and if very wet, 

 should be moved even if not at the proper cleaning time. — Anon. 



When feeding, hounds should always be " drawn." It makes 

 them twice as handy, and enables you to get those out first that 

 want feeding up. 



If hounds are wanted to hunt more than 3 days a week, they 

 must have heaps of meat. 



' A motor beagle van is out of the question. It would be far too expensive in 

 initial cost, upkeep, and renewal. Time is money as a rule, but the diti'erence in the 

 time beagles are on the road is small. 



