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paying £1 becomes a member. He should then enter the young 

 entry and in time the whole pack will be in the Stud-book, and 

 hounds can be shown at Peterboro'. It much increases the value of 

 the draft, as many people will not buy hounds which are not eligible. 

 Hounds which have three of their grandparents in the Stud-book are 

 eligible. — D. G. Hoare. 



AVhen hounds first came from walk I dressed them all over with 

 parafl&n and yellow sulphur (1 pint paraffin in } lb. sulphur well 

 mixed, added to which should be some spirits of tar). 



At same time I gave them a good dose of sulphur in their grub. 

 This is a safe plan, as very often hounds from walk are mangy and 

 out of sorts. 



When they first come into kennel they are sure to be very 

 wild, and you can't exercise them too much or get them used to 

 you. I used my first year never to miss being up at feeding- 

 time. — Anon. 



The Beagle Cart 



Beagles being short-legged and slow need a van to convey them to 

 the meet if it be any distance from home. In the early days, all 

 meets being walking meets, they could foot it ; though having to 

 scuttle behind mounted men hurrying home to Hall was hardly fair. 

 As the hunt became welcome farther afield a conveyance had to be 

 improvised, and the obvious makeshift is a spring-cart with a pig-net 

 and plenty of straw. With the new Kennels and decent management 

 came a proper though seemingly not a well-designed van, now worn 

 out and replaced. — F. C. K. 



The Beagle cart is the property of the Beagle Hunt. It is kept 

 at J. Free's, Madingley Eoad, winter and summer. Free takes the 

 contract of taking the hounds to the meet. His contract with me 

 was 10s. per diem every day he horsed the cart. For short meets, 

 such as Five Bells, etc., he only charged 8s. 6d. He is a good old 

 man, and knows the country and farmers well. He is also very 

 oljliging in lending his stables and buildings in case we want them 

 for l^rood-bitches or as a hospital. 



