112 HUNTING DIRECTORY. 



Lameness in the Shoulder. 



morning, for a week or longer, if necessary. For this 

 method of treating the yellows, I am indebted to W. 

 Head, Sir Harry Mainwaring's huntsman ; which, he 

 informed me, he had found successful almost invariably. 

 Lameness in the Shoulder may also be regarded as a 

 disease of the kennel. This, as I have observed at page 

 30, seems to be produced by damp kennels ; and may be 

 prevented by the administration of warmth, though it 

 cannot always be cured when it has taken place ; yet I 

 am inclined to think that warmth is the best remedy, as 

 well as an absolute preventive. 



CHAPTER V. 



Of the Naming of Hounds. — A List of Names. — Of the 

 Feeder. — Of Boiling and Mixing the Meat, and the 

 proper Food for Hounds. — The Method and Time 

 of Feeding. — Of Bleedhig and Physicking Hounds. 

 — Of Entering Young Hounds. — Summer Hunting, 

 SfC. — Of Flogging Hounds. — Bedford's System. 



Young hounds (says Beckford) are commonly named 

 when they are first put out to their walks, and sometimes 

 indeed ridiculously enough ; nor is it easy, where many 

 are bred, to find suitable and harmonious names for the 



