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if a prize were given to him who bred two couples 

 of tiie cleverest young hounds, a couple of dogs 

 and a couple of bitches, it would create emula- 

 tion ; and after the decision, the hounds should 

 be allowed to be shown at Tattersalls for three 

 or four days, for the benefit of the feeders ; I 

 write in their behalf, because they have no chance 

 of presents from the field, " cap money," or 

 draught hounds ; and a great deal depends upon 

 their attention to the bitches and their whelps 

 before they are put out to Avalks. If such a 

 thing were accomplished, what a treat it would 

 be to a sportsman to see thirty or forty couples 

 of the most perfect young hounds, selected from 

 the best packs in the kingdom ! Such a sight 

 would afford me more gratification than to have 

 witnessed the coronation of Charles the Tenth 

 of France, — " Chacun a son gout." 



Unless I have been misinformed, the B. D. C. 

 have a fund to relieve superannuated coachmen, 

 and those with families, who from accidents or 

 sickness are obliged to " lie still," (that, I believe, 

 is the dragsman's term.) A similar one for hunts- 

 men and whippers-in, of good character, you 

 would, I am sure, be friendly to, knowing your 

 charitable disposition. 



A friend of mine, the other day, who had some 

 thoughts of taking rather a confined country, 



