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runs we read of, an end, when hounds are 

 beat, unless they have gone a very slow 

 pace, to a certainty the pack must have 

 changed foxes; and nothing disheartens 

 hounds so much as changing. Perhaps no 

 fox can stand more than an hour the best 

 pace before hounds of the present day, ex- 

 cept in the Roothings of Essex, and in some 

 parts of Suffolk, where I have seen them 

 often run an hour and twenty minutes. 

 Some sportsmen have an idea that parti- 

 cular breeds of foxes are better than others, 

 and there is some reason in the observa- 

 tion ; every one must allow they differ often 

 in size, colour, and shape ; you may prob- 

 ably smile, and call me too fanciful, yet 

 I certainly have observed that the best 

 runners and the stoutest, are the long dark 

 coloured foxes ; but I beg to be understood 

 that this depends chiefly upon their age. 

 With regard to naming your hounds, it 

 strikes me to be of little consequence what 



