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CHAPTER III. 



ON FEEDING. 



■ The beast obeys his keeper and looks up, 

 Not to bis master's but his feeder's hand." 



Denham. 



DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD FOR HOUNDS. — NOTICE OF THE " GENTLEMAN'S 

 RECREATION." — OLD OATMEAL THE BEST. — SIR HARRY GOODRICKe's 

 ESTABLISHMENT AT THRUSSINGTON. — MEAL MIXED WITH SAND. — MR. 

 cross's opinion ABOUT FLESH AND FEEDING. — VEGETABLES A USEFUL 

 INGREDIENT IN SUMMER. — MR. WARDe'S OPINION ON FEEDING. — FEED- 

 ING A PACK "to go TOGETHER." — THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND'S REASON 

 FOR GIVING UP HUNTING. — MR. OSBALDESTON'S HOUNDS AND WILL. 

 GARDNER. — THEIR STOUTNESS. — HOW TO FEED TO " GO THE PACe" AND 

 KILL FOXES. — EARLY FEEDING THE BEST. — MR. WARDE AND HIS "STOP- 

 PING BALLS," — WILL. NEVERD AND HIS "QUICKSILVER BALLS." — DELI- 

 CATE FEEDERS. 



Much has been said by various theoretical authors upon 

 feeding hounds upon different kinds of food, each 

 recommending his own pecuhar plan as the best ; the 

 proof positive, however, derived from one's own 

 experience will bear out every argument upon the 

 subject. In former days hounds were fed chiefly if 

 not entirely, upon raw flesh ; but times have altered, 

 and improvements in kennel economy, as well as in 

 most other departments, have been introduced. In 

 my early days I have repeatedly seen harriers fed, by 

 calhng them into six or seven large joints of flesh, 

 instead of to the trough ; and the warm entrails of a 



