54 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



not a hound moved or spoke. With a rush the 

 fox, closely followed by the terrier, darted down 

 the road into the midst of hounds, and so 

 sudden was the onslaught that it carried him 

 clean through them. Press and the hounds 

 were galvanised into instant life, and the fox 

 was pulled down as he was scrambling up the 

 high bank by the side of the road. 



To return, however, to the home-life of the 

 terrier. It is best not to kennel terriers to- 

 gether except in pairs, and then only when you 

 know them to be good friends. In any case 

 they should have separate beds, as many dogs 

 object strongly to having their own bed touched. 

 My dog Sharper, whom I bought for a cross 

 with the Redcaps, was an instance of this. 

 He would never allow another dog near his 

 bed, and once when I was pressed for room 

 and had given him Floret (Racer's dam) for a 

 kennel companion, he growled savagely when- 

 ever she ventured too near his own corner. 

 At last she had the temerity to go into his 

 barrel, and he promptly rushed to her and 

 dragged her out, with a noise that roused the 

 whole kennel. 



Instead of benches for my terriers I prefer 

 to give each one a barrel, which is turned on 

 its side and placed on blocks to prevent it from 

 rolling, and is filled with clean oat-straw. The 

 barrels are placed on opposite sides of the lodg- 

 ing-room, so that each dog — if there are two 



