The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-08-26
What an Englbhman Pays for His Hunt
ing Hounds.

The number 81 couple In pack OF iox-hounds
depends on how many days IN n week tie pack ~
hunted. II twice a week tor with occasional
extra day, called n 'byo-dsy'y twenty-five couple
will lie sufficient for three days u week. thirty
FIVE couple aud for four days u week, forty five
couple will be required. The price OF hounds varies
according to demand and supply. Draii-hounds
l. e., such have been selected for stcalincss and
scen,ing powers-generay average three guineaa
couple but the safest plan for an intending master
Of hounds Is to consult tho advertising columns u
sporting journals, and zee whether any well.knowu
and established packs are for sale At the present
time of writing there are but ono pack in the mar
kct, and for them they ask thirteen guineas II
pie. Three or four hundred guineas is common
price, aud IS not likely TO get anything vcry
special Tor their money but good pack has now
and then gone cheap und teen picked up tor Ave
hundred pounds No man with any sporting turn
would refuse TO give thousand guinness for pack
Of hounds with thoroughly established reputation.
Much larger prices are on,rccord. From Mr. Blame
We learn that In 1925 NJ. Warie, u well-kuOwn
sportsman, sold hrs pack Tor two thousand guiuc,s,
While IN more recent tunes M Foianbie's hounds
sold by auction, in lots at rattershal's realized
three thousand six hundred pounds, one lot of FIVE
couple fetching three hundred and eighty g'unol's
aud another OF four couple and han four hundred
aud eighty guineas. Here is your preliminary ox-
pensc.
having provided your pack, you will, Of course,
have prepared yonr kennel Tor them, which VIII
| not be n small item In your outlay. As you can
| eNpend ttecn shillings or i've hundred pounds gu
dress ny case, according 10 the style vi article
you require, will the cost of the erection OF your
kcnnel depend entirely gu your taste and contents
| OF your parse. The Duke OF Rchmond's kesncl
cost tell thousand pounds the DIke OF Beiiord's IL
| four hundred aud my feet in length. You will
| probably be satisfied with something less mngni-
heent than either OF these, but there are neycrthc
kess. certiin which incumbent
| kcnncl-buiLIer TO provide Among these are
boaing-house tor the meat, lodging-roonls Tor tho
hounds grass or gravel court into which to turn
the logs while thu lodging rooiD~ are te,Ag AIRED,
plentiful supply oil good wafer, and lotci ny room
| ios @ti,er your hnrismnn, whippcr-in. or kennel
| attendant, who mus 10 80 close 10 the bounos that
| shoaLi any guarding take place, they can hear
| biz voice, or Llc cisck Of has whip the sound II
bell, WHICH he could pull and which should hang
over W here ths doo~ sleep Hounds arr very saw
Age b kenpe, AND after hght In which deg has
lean k,lc.i, his bdy ID sorucimes ,,s,ourrl 10y the
rest. Obi sp)rtsnen have All anecdoe, OF II whip
perrin leang t<n 10 T. secs son into the kennel
At night, IN his shirt IN which the hounds did not
rsogni2e him and without FIRST calling ~ thcm.
The lest iu-d Tor hounds Is oatmeal and hor cscsl
iolei vegetables AFTER hunting, boiled with the
meal, gretves, mash ei potatoes aud skim-m.lk.
Biscuits and greayes- also boiled, iorn excellent
food In the summer oH-seaspn. All hood should
b. given cold, and II should be boiled into pudding
one day and gwen the next day.
Tue cost II feeding hounds depends IN the price
of oamcal but about twelve POUNDS per unnuuI
pcr couple may I've looked upon rs average per-
haps - low average sum. Hounds called by
name, aud M n tsrmel 'drswn," to lie tel IN
three. four, ~ FIVE couples at a tune. The door Is
wade open ana the meat trough 10 in aew of the
hungry pack, but, until callei out, nos Nj
tenpts 10 stir. Says Mr.. Dryden
"Abrs was ready ore he named hev name,
| And when he cullcl smother, Abr, came"
| II Is very lucky thai Abra wss lady AMI n
hound. hound thrustng IN or coming out OF his
turn not when his name is called, IL sent back
with ten in bis ear. This N to make them kuo "
their own names, and Is the only way OF teaching
them. The Ise Mr. Appeley (the celebrated ~ M
roi') " vos remarkable instance Vi the disc No
Of iecding time. which occurred ~ SIR Bingham
Grab ans. Vulcan, the crounip ornament OF
the pack, WAS standing the door, waiting for
, his naIDe to lie called happened ~ meution 1t,
though in rather All undcrione then in he came
and hckcd Sir BliinghaIn's hand but though hls
hesl was close to the trough, aud the .Aiiul
viands smoking under his nose, he never attempted
70 eat, but on lis master saying 70 hT. 60 tack,
Vulcan, you have no business here, lie inmediat.
~ retrcated, aud mixed with The hungry crowd.