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Harrier and Beagle Show is a step in the 

 right direction, and will do much to improve 

 the status of hare-hunting, and the method 

 of kennel management, in the near future, 



" First catch your hare," goes the old say- 

 ing, but having caught her, the moot point 

 of "what to do with her " arises. There is 

 certainly no need to give the quarry to the 

 pack, and it may do far more good in the 

 interests of hare-hunting to present it to the 

 farmer on whose land it was found — the 

 inside is quite sufficient to distribute to the 

 hounds. As to the argument that hounds 

 lose their keenness when deprived of the 

 spolia ophna, I would ask, "How about 

 hounds hunting the carted deer, or a drag ? " 

 Depend upon it, hounds will be equally keen, 

 if they are worth their salt, with or without 

 the spoils of victory to crunch. 



Some huntsmen are s^reat sinners for the 



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sake of blood, and wdnk at their hounds 

 chopping hares. This should be prevented 

 at any cost, as nothing is more annoying to 

 the field — and the hare ! 



