276 KENNELS AND KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 
of pine or oak spars, and if they are made to turn up according to 
the following plan several advantages result, being described by a 
correspondent signing himself “Lepus,” in the columns of The 
Field, as follows :— 
““ KENNEL BENCHES. : 
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hook to fasten bench back. 
inches, and nailed half an inch apart to two transverse pieces, to 
which hinges are fixed to connect the bench with a board six 
inches wide, fastened firmly to the wall about a foot from the 
ground. In front is a piece of board about three inches in width, 
to keep the straw from drawing off with the hounds. To prevent 
the hounds from creeping under, I nail two long laths the length 
of the bench across in front of the legs, which are hung with hinges 
in front of the bench, so that when the bench is hooked back they 
fall down and hang flat. By having the six-inch board between 
the hinges and the wall, it prevents the former from being strained 
when the bench is hooked back with straw upon it.” 
In some establishments there is a separate kennel for the 
