The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-23
what an English N6DIeman Pays
for his Hunting Grounds.

The number OF couple In pack of fox
hounds ,depands on how many days ina
weeEsthe pack is hunted. If twice a week.
or wifi III Occasional extra day, called a
bye day, twenty-five couple will be suffi-
cient; for three days-a week, thirtyhve eeu-
pie; and four days week, forty -hve couple
will be required. The prices Of hounds vary
according to demand and supply. BRAT
hoduds, l. G.. such as have, been selected for
steatiness and scentipg powers, generally,
averaging three guineas a couple, but the
safest plan torap intendlhgmaster of hounds
is to. Eonsult the advertisin. columns, Of
sporting Journals, and see whether any
Well-known and established packs are for
ID but ohe pack in the market, and tor them
or four hundred guineas isa common price,
and, he, IS not likely to get anything very very,
special tor the money, but agodd pack has
now and then gone cheap, aud been picked
up for five hundred pounds. No man With
anyeporting taste would r0f5se to 2gico,a
thousand guineas for a pack 0f hounds with
a thoroughly, established reputation, Much
larger prices arel on reeordau, From NJ,
Blaine we haafa that imfS26, Mr.. Wardee, {
we'll known sportsman sold his pack for.
two thousand guineas, while III more recent
titses Mr.; .Fo ciambe's hounds, sold by atic-
tioh,, in lots at Tattersail s realized three
thousandysix hundred pounds; one lot OF
iye couple fetched three hundred aud eighty
Kuineas, aud another OF four couple and
hah, four hundred 'guineas. Here is your
preliminary expenses. ~ tl.; ', ~, -
Having provided yoNr pack, you will Of
course have, prepared your kennel Tor them,
which viii not be a small item Ia your OUT
lay. As>yoa can expend fifteen lshllhngs or
five hundred pounds ona dressing case, ac-
cording tothe style of article you require,
50 will the cost Of the erection Of your ken
nel depend entirely on your taste. and the
contentsof your PURSE 4 he Duke ol Klchr
mend IS kennel cost .ten Thousand pounds;
the.Duke of Batifotd's is four hundred and
fifty feetin length; You will probably be
satisfied with sonetIling less magnificent
than either Of these, but There are never
nevertheless, certain necGss aries, which
it ia incumbent OH a kennel builder to
provide. Among these are n boiling house
for moat; lodging room tor the hounds, a
grass or gravel Court into which to turn the
dogs while, the lodging rooms arc being
aired, plentitu%upply Of good water, and
"a lodgi1g-room for either your huntsman,
whipper-in, or kennel attendent, who NUT
te 50 close to the hounds that should any
ousarehny take place, they can hear his
voice, or the crack of whip, or the sound
of ben, which he could pull, and which
should hang over where the dogs sleep
Hounds are very savage in the kennel, and
after a fight in which a dog has been killed,
his body is sometimes devoured by the rest
OidTportshlen have an anecdotes. too, OF a
whipper-in being torn to pieces on going IN
to She kennel at night in his shirt, IN which
dress the hounds did not recognlzehlm. ana
without first calling on them. the best food
for hounds is oat-lncai and horse flesh, boil
ed, Vegetables after hunting, boiled with
the meat grcaves, mashed potatoes and
skim-milk. Biscuit and greaves, also boil.
ed, form excellent food ip the summer or Oft
season. All food should be given cold, and
it should beT hoiled into puddings one day
and given the next day, Ihe cost OF feed
inghounds depends on thepriee OF oatmeal,
but about twelve pounds per ahhunl per
cotpla may, be:lopked upon az an aTerag;e,
perhaps Low sum, Hounds are called by
names, ,and,tas it is terneds "drayn1i to be
fedsin three, four, or five couples at time.
The door is wide open, and tie ipeat trough
is in plain view Of the hungry pack but,
until called out, not one attempts to STIR
Says, Mr. Dryden: ....Di' u r .~,r 81,
"Abra was ready ere he named her name.
Arittwhen lfe called anothsr,-A5ra came.
it vas very Lucky Abra was a lady and not
Hound. A hound thrusting in or coming
out Of his turn, not whom his name is called
'os sentbaek witha feain his ear. This !,
TO make them know their own yDames, anc
is the only way Of teaching them, 7pc.
The late Mr.. Appefk ltae celebrated
"Nimrod, J gives aremarka instance O
the; discipline at feeding time which occur
red atSlr Rgllingham Graham $: H.. =.
"Vulcan, the crowning ornament of tht
pack was}standiDg near the door waiting
,iorhisi name to be called i happened t
mehtion it, then IN he game and hcked si
Beliinghan's Hand, But though his ,bead
waytclose to the trouGh, and the grateful
yiands smoking nnder his nose, he never at
dcmpted to oat, button his master saying t.
him, Go back Nulcan' YOU have no bust
nes here, he immediately .retreated and
MIXED with the hungry crowd: AAH ht
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