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stomach : yet, notwithstanding all this, the runs were 

 frequently of very long duration ; and if commenced at 

 a later period of the day, according to modern custom, 

 would, perhaps, rarely have ended vnth the death of the 

 fox. It may be truly remarked indeed, that while the 

 old fox-hunters ran down their game, the sportsmen of 

 modern days run up to it ; and this, in a few words, 

 constitutes the essential difference between what may 

 be called the old and the modern school of fox-hvmting. 

 For the former, as I have already observed, a heavy 

 tender-nosed hound was used, which would follow on 

 the line of the fox under very adverse circumstances of 

 atmosphere and country ; and was thus enabled at last 

 to run down the chase : while the modern fox-hound pos- 

 sesses sufficient speed to run well up to the fox ; and, 

 by blowing or distressing him at the commencement of 

 the struggle, he is generally not able to get far ahead ; 

 the business is thus finished in a much shorter period, 

 with little or no interruption, accompanied by all that 

 dash, that maddening impetuosity, which constitutes the 

 supreme delight of fox-hunting. At the same time, it 

 must be admitted, that the modern high-bred fox-hound 

 cannot, generally speaking, hunt a cold scent ; if the 

 atmosphere be unfavourable, he cannot hunt ; if he 

 cannot run well up to the game, he soon loses it alto- 

 gether — his nose is not sufficiently tender to enable him 

 to recognize the scent, when the chase is far before him. 

 There are fox-hounds still to be met with which are able 

 to hunt what may called a cold scent ; in Yorkshire, 

 fox-hounds of this description are to be found. In the 

 year 1825, I noticed many in Lord Harewood's pack 



