March Winds 



hour of meeting is put back, and hounds meet 

 at noon, but occasionally later. 



Personally, I must admit that I preferred the 

 earlier hour. In the first place, the wind is 

 generally not so troublesome early in the day, 

 and woodland hunting on a fine spring morning 

 has a charm peculiarly its own. But the reason 

 for putting the time of meeting back is a sound 

 one. When March comes in, the puppies that 

 have been out at walk are all brought up to 

 the kennel, and this brings a lot of extra work 

 on the huntsman and his staff during the 

 month. It may be said that this was always 

 the case, but that statement would not be quite 

 correct. 



I think hounds are brought up from walk 

 certainly a month earlier than they were thirty 

 years ago, and for this there seem to be several 

 good reasons. For one cause and another 

 cub-hunting operations commence earlier than 

 they were wont to do, and the puppy show 

 has become an institution. This, of course, 

 necessitates an early start amongst the puppies 

 to get them handy. For the puppy show 



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