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partisan of the Crawford strain; they are natives of my 

 native country; they are great Fox-hounds, but Vanity and 

 Juno are the greatest couple I ever saw run." 



"Yes," said Mr. Jenkins; "there is not another such 

 couple living, in my opinion. Through this great race of 

 twenty -five miles, Vanity was never once headed, and never 

 made a serious fault; and Juno was second until close to 

 the finish, when her foot was badly cut. ' ' 



"Well, Ned," said my father, ^ 'I agree with you gen- 

 tlemen. This black-and-tan strain is a great strain, and 

 these sisters are its greatest representatives; yet undoubt- 

 edly the Crawford strain has also produced great hounds. 

 I think Drummer, Tanner, and Countess nearly equal to 

 any three I ever had in my pack." ' 



"Squire," said Mr. Macamblin, "we are indebted to 

 you for a great day's sport, and we are happy that not a 

 single circumstance has marred our pleasure in the smallest 

 degree. ' ' 



"Well," said my father, "I hope we may all live for 

 many another successful meet. And, gentlemen, my house 

 is nearest; I insist that you shall all dine with me. Come!" 

 And with a blast of his horn, the well-trained pack came 

 to heel, and we jogged home to dine, and discuss the events 

 of the day. 



Years have rolled away to join the past. Lately I had 

 occasion to revisit the place of my birth, and riding alone, 

 my road led through the village of Mount Hope. Not 

 one of those who saw the great chase go through their 

 quiet hamlet is living there now. Of those who followed 

 the hounds that day, I only am left. Reaching the Broad 

 Rock, I reined up and paused a few moments, regarding the 

 spot. I love to recall my father as he sat old Alice at 

 that spot — a splendid type of physical manhood, six feet 

 and an inch, broad-chested, square-shouldered, erect, weigh- 

 ing about one hundred and eighty pounds; in the splen- 

 did skill of his horsemanship, the peer of Turner Ashby; in 

 the dignity of his bearing, of the Old Virginia type, of 



