256 HISTORY OF THE B RAM HAM MOOR HUNT. 



As with everything else connected with hunting, there is 

 much more generous and scientific management of the puppy 

 at walk than used to prevail a few years ago, and there is 

 now seldom to be seen the over-fed, clumsy, and 'crooked' 

 puppy, whose appearance was at one time wont to trouble the 

 mind of master and huntsman when the young lot came home 

 to kennel, and made them wonder, not which they were to 

 draft, but which they were to keep. In those days an 

 unfortunate puppy was not infrequently shut up in a small 

 outhouse as soon as he went to his quarters, and I have 

 seen one chained to a barrel which did duty for a kennel. 

 But that is a sight rarely, if ever, witnessed now-a-days, and 

 the puppy out at walk generally has a 'good time.' 



When the young puppy is first taken to his quarters, 

 which is at a very early age, he should be kept for a time 

 to a diet of milk, which is his natural food at that period 

 of his existence. It would, of course, be to his advantage 

 to give him new milk for a time, and those who do so will 

 find their reward in his fine glossy coat, satisfactory growth, 

 and generally healthy appearance. He should never be 

 allowed to distend himself with large quantities of washy 

 food, and the less churn milk and such like sour stuff he 

 gets, the better will be his health. One very important 

 thing is that he should lie warm and dry : many puppies 

 suffering from a damp bed and a cold kennel to such an 

 extent as to affect their growth, or even to kill them 

 altogether. A hunting stable is a sufficiently good sleeping- 

 place for them when they are big enough and sensible 

 enough to keep out of the way of the horses ; and if they 

 are allowed to sleep in a hunting stable, and encouraged to 

 follow the hunters when out at exercise, so much the better 

 for both hound and horse, for the hound will get sufficient 

 exercise to keep him out of the more troublesome of those 

 mischiefs to which he is prone by nature, whilst the hunter 



