290 The Course, the Camp, the Chase 



Bedale Pack. An extraordinary fast puppy came in from 

 "walk," and one day, when drawing some heath, a fox 

 jumped up in full view. " Singer " at once shot out 

 from the rest of the pack, caught the fox up, turned 

 him, and killed him. Very shortly after, another fox 

 was roused, but this time it was near a fence, and when 

 the puppy singled himself out again in pursuit, it was 

 thought that he must lose the fox as soon as it had 

 slipped through the ragged high hedge that skirted 

 Huttou Moor. This was not the case, however, and 

 though the fox had a long start, the young hound viewed 

 him again in the large grass field that he was crossing, 

 raced after him, caught him, and killed him. Two foxes 

 in less than twenty minutes was a pretty good beginning, 

 but was by no means the end of the puppy's perform- 

 ances. Later in the day we had about an hour's run, 

 when in crossing a park the fox was viewed, and again 

 " Singer " raced him down, and killed him. Being so 

 much faster than the rest of the pack, he was condemned 

 to be drafted, but the fiat was cancelled, and he continued 

 for some time to do good work for the Bedale. If ever 

 he caught sight of a fox, he was almost sure to overtake 

 it, and then he had the rather uncommon courage to 

 attack it single-handed, I believe he was of Brocklesby 

 descent. In the early " sixties " the York and Ainsty 

 had the misfortune to lose by far the larger proportion 

 of their puppies when still unweaned. On arriving there 

 one very hot day, poor Orvis received me in a state of 

 despair, for several litters were attacked by jaundice, which 

 proved fatal in every case. The weather was extremely 

 hot, and soon after breakfast Orvis had moved all the 

 little huts under the shade of a clump of trees, which 



