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proposed, but carried into execution. At 

 the agricultural meetings " breeding " is 

 encouraged " in all its branches," and prizes 

 given to the breeders of the best animals. 

 Why not encourage the breed of hounds ? 

 At the annual meeting, if a prize were 

 given to him who bred two couples of the 

 cleverest young hounds, a couple of dogs 

 and a couple of bitches, it would create 

 emulation; 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 be- 

 half, because they have no chance of pre- 

 sents 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 

 walks. 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 



