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everything complete ; and Jack Press' larder, 



which he was so proud of, has been removed 



and made larger, with the advantage of a 



slaughtering yard and odd places for puppies. 



A new lot of puppy kennels has also been 



erected, and there is ample room for more 



hounds still, but another day's hunting cannot 



be edged in. 



***** 



" This is a pack of hounds the Blackmore 

 Vale country may be proud of, and that such an 

 appreciation is felt is proved by the fact that 

 over sixty couples of puppies are walked in a 

 season. If sport was moderate in this quarter 

 last year — and it was so nearly everywhere else 

 — there has been an abundance to make up for it 

 this season, Brown and his First Whip (Teece) 

 telling me that they have had good runs most 

 days, and some very quick things in the Vale. 

 Mr. Farquharson's neighbouring Hunt used to be 

 spoken of as the "white collars," and Mr. Merthyr 

 Guest has established a distinguishing feature 

 for his men, as they are all mounted on grey 

 horses. I saw the Hunt stud of five-and-twenty 



