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to the sort of hound best adapted to show- 

 sport, it is rather difficult to describe it, and 

 far harder still to breed it. The small fox- 

 beagle, the foxhound, and what the above- 

 named great authority describes as " the large, 

 slow-hunting harrier," must be judiciously 

 blended in order to produce the likeliest kind 

 of hound. About nineteen inches is the best 

 size. Of course an even keener sense of 

 smell, less pace and dash, and more patience 

 are required than suffice in the foxhound. 

 To over-match a hare is to at once spoil 

 your own sport. 



When once a hare is found, huntsman and 

 field cannot be too quiet. 



" Let all be hushed, 

 No clamour loud, no frantic joy be heard, 

 Lest the wild hound run gadding o'er the plain 

 Untractable, nor hear your chiding voice," 



sings Somerville, the poet of the Chase, and 

 I may add that for such an one as he describes, 

 an early " hanging day " might well be fixed ! 

 A policy of " masterly inactivity" is a useful 

 thing at a check, when hounds should be 



