64 THE FOXHOUND 



day. Some claim that the health and strength 

 of the dog will be impaired by being allowed 

 to go as long as twenty-four hours without 

 food. This may be the case with some breeds, 

 but hounds fed judiciously once a day can be 

 kept in perfect health and spirits, provided they 

 are not allowed to gulp it down and to over- 

 load their stomachs. This can be arranged 

 by using long, narrow V-shaped troughs made 

 from i"x6" hard wood 6 feet long closed at 

 both ends. 



Troughs should be stood on end exposed to 

 the sun after feeding. If left upon the ground 

 it is a great temptation for a hound to urinate 

 on them and when once done every hound will 

 think it his bounden duty to follow suit. 



Dogs in their natural or wild state, like 

 wolves, whose food depends largely upon acci- 

 dent are fortified by nature with powers of 

 resisting hunger for long periods. Of the 

 two evils, over- or under-feeding, the former 

 is by far the greater evil. 



The quantity of food, of course, depends 

 entirely upon the size of the hound. While 

 no general rule can be laid down, it is safe to 

 calculate an ounce of food for every pound 

 weight of the hound. Should a healthy hound 

 under ordinary exercise grow thin on this ra- 



