KENNELS OF THE PRESENT DAY. 29 



CHAPTER III. 



Fox~houncl Kennels of the Present Day. — Aristocratic Fox- 

 hounds. — A disputed Point of Dog-lore. — Varieties of 

 Fox-hounds. — Fair Play for the Fox. — The Dulce of Beau- 

 fort's Hounds. — Cover-side Chronology. — The Tidworth 

 Pack. — The Ileythrop Hounds. — Lord Southampton and 

 Mr. Osbaldiston.— Lord Middleton and Sir Tatton Sykes. 

 — Petworth. — Dead Beat. — Old Firebrand. 



^^ NoUeman. — Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my 

 hounds ; 

 Broch Merriman — the poor cur is imbossed. 

 And couple Clowden with the deep-mouthed Broch. 

 Saw'st thou not, boy, how Silver nit^de it good, 

 At the hedge corner, in the coldest fault? 

 I would not lose the dog for twenty pound. 



Iluntsman, — Why, Bellman is as good as he, my lord ; 

 He cried upon it at the merest lops, 

 And twice to-day picked out the dullest scent ; 

 Trust me, I take him for the better dog." 



Taming of the Shrew. 



Four of the oldest and most fashionable packs 

 of fox-hounds in the present time are those of the 



