The Hunting Year 



slack month of May. There are, for instance, the 

 hound sales, at which a few couple may have 

 been purchased, which he naturally wishes to 

 see. Or a few couple have come in a draft from 

 some famous kennel. And then there is always 

 the entry to look over, and nothing is more 

 interesting than to make a periodical inspection 

 of the entry in the summer. One gets to know 

 them thoroughly, to mark their progress, and 

 when the cub-hunting season comes round, 

 one's interest in the pack and its doings are en- 

 hanced by the fact that one is thoroughly 

 intimate with the young hounds. 



Then in some countries there is a Horse Show 

 for the benefit of the farmers residing within 

 the limits of the Hunt. These shows, however, 

 are not general, for the best of all reasons, for 

 Horse Shows and Agricultural Shows are so 

 numerous that Hunt Shows would in many 

 places have to compete with, if not clash, 

 with older established shows, to the injury of 

 both. 



I mention the Horse Show here, however, 



because the country shows begin in May, and 



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