38 THE BELVOIE. AND COTTESMORE PACKS. 



management of Goosey, were, respecting framework, 

 as nearly perfection as possible, looking as neat and 

 bright in tlieir coats as a new pin, averaging in 

 height about twenty-three inches. A very striking 

 contrast was presented in the late Lord Lonsdale's 

 pack, which was of a totally different character, 

 particularly perceptible in the dog-hounds. Some 

 of these stood twenty-six inches in height, with 

 rather wide, long heads, and a good share of neck- 

 cloth ; they were also put loosely together, although 

 possessing straight legs and good feet, Avith plenty 

 of bone and nuiscle. The characters of these 

 two packs were also very different in the field. 

 The Duke's were quick, active, and mettlesome — 

 forcing the fight, and running into their fox in the 

 open. The movements and tactics of the Cottes- 

 more just the reverse — hunting the fox being their 

 forte, and this they certainly accomplished to per- 

 fection. Their style of going Avas like that of a 

 large thorough-bred horse, striding over the ground 

 at a long lurching pace; but their noses were 

 always in the right place, and they could get for- 

 ward with a bad scent, hold to the line, and 

 wind up tlieir fox at last Avith untiring pertina- 

 city. 



But the pack which approached nearest to my 

 own ideas of what fox-hounds ouGrht to be Avas 



