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amount of knowledge, it is very unwise to trust 

 valuable animals to chance. 



Every hound should be carefully examined 

 daily, by the hand as well as by the eye. The 

 general condition of the body can be noted at 

 a glance by one accustomed to it, but many 

 minor troubles can be brought to sight by the 

 hand. After each run a careful examination 

 should be made of every hound participating 

 in the run. Holding the hound with one hand 

 by the muzzle, examine eyes, feel ears, place 

 back of hand to nose, run the hand down each 

 leg, squeezing the foot and examining pads and 

 stoppers. 



Remove thorns or foreign substances which 

 are likely to set up inflammation and incapaci- 

 tate hound from next hunt. Look for barbed- 

 wire cuts, wood ticks, burns, and feel texture 

 of coat and general condition of body. 



Mange 



Hounds being kept in large numbers to- 

 gether are naturally greater sufferers from 

 contagious diseases than other breeds of dogs, 

 and mange is the curse of the majority of the 

 packs. While it is true that mange is depend- 

 ent upon contagion, there are several forms of 



