52 , Memoir of Tom Smith, 



prove to Masters of Hounds that they must 

 keep nearly as many hounds to hunt three 

 days as to hunt four. At this time the sub- 

 scription was under 600/., and therefore only 

 thirty or thii'ty-two couple were kept in the 

 Hambledon pack. To make up a proper pack 

 of eighteen couple, Mr. Smith was obliged to 

 include four or five couple that had hunted 

 two days before, generally the youngest or 

 freshest. This great run was on a Monday, 

 and on the "Wednesday he was forced to take 

 out foiu' couple that had been engaged in it. 

 There was an immense field from Sussex, who 

 came to hear the true account of the Monday's 

 performance ; and he ventured to tell them all 

 that these four couple would be soon far be- 

 hind the rest, if they ran at all. This was 

 fulfilled to the very letter. In fact, if fox- 

 hounds are worked too often, that is, before 

 they have had time to get quite fresh again, 

 they will lose the dash of foxhounds, and be 

 nothing better than a pack of harriers. 



