Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-26


eral, for the purpose of putting it on a par
with the price charged in other cities of
the samesize with Cleveland. In cities like
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, &c, the price of drawers
and boxes is nearly double what it is here.
The proceeds of the drawers and boxes
go entirely to the Government.
what the English NOBIemen Pays for
his Hunting Hounds.
The number of couple in a pack of fox
hounds depends on how many days in a
week the pack is hunted. If twice week
Tor with an occasional extra day, called a
Hbye day. twenty-five couple will be suf-
icient; for three davs a week, thirty-five
couple; and four days a week, forty-five
couple will be required. The prices of
hounds vary according to demand and
supply. Draft hounds, 4. e. such as have
| been selected for steadiness and scenting
| powers, generally averaging three guineas
a couple, but the safest plan for an intend
| ing master of hounds Is to consult the ad-
vertising columns ofsporting journals, and
see whether any well known and estab-
Iished packs are for sale. At the present
time of writing there Is but onepack in the
market, and for them is asked thirteen
guineas a couple. Three or four hundred
guineas is a common price, and he Is not
likely to get anything very special for the
money. but q good pack has now and then
gone cheap, and been picked up for five
hundred pounds. No man with any sport
ing taste would refnse to give thousand
gGin..,.s for d pack Of hounds with a thor
oughly established reputation. Much lar
ger prices are on record. From N. Blaine
we learn that in 1926, Mr.. Warde, a well
known sportsman, sold his pack for two
thousand guineas, while in more recent
times Mr.. Foliambe's hounds, sold by auc-
ton, in lots, at Tattersall's, realized three
thousand six hundred pounds, one lot of
five couple fetched three hundred and
eighty guineas, and another of four couple
and half four hundred guineas. Here
is your preliminary expenses.
Having provided your pack, you will Of
course, have prepared your kennel for
them, which viii not be a small item in
your outlay. As you can expend fifteen
shillings or five hundred pounds on a dress
ing case. dEtOIulllH " LAAC VI al leiNAN
YOU require, so will the cost of the erection
of your kennel depend entirely on your
taste and the contents of your purse. The
Duke of RichmOnd's kennel cost ten
thousand pounds; the Duke of Bedford's
is four hundred and fifty feet in length
You will probably be satisfied with
something less magnificent than either
of these. but there are, nevertheless, GER
tain necessaries which it Is incumbent
on a kennel builder to provide, Among
these are a boiling-house for meat, lodg-
ing rooms, for the hounds, a grass or
gravel court into which to turn the dogs
while the lodging-roons are being aired, a
plentiful supply of good water, and a
iodging-room for either your huntsman,
whipper-in, or kennel attendant, who
must be so close to the hounds that should
any quarreling take place, they can hear
his voice, or the crack of whip, or the
sound of bell, which he could pull, and
which should hang over when the dogs
sleep Hounds are very savage in kennel,
and after fight in which a dog has been
killed, his body is sometimes devouIed by
the rest. Old spOrtsmen have an anec-
dote, too, of a whipper-in being torn to
pieces on going into the kennel at night in
his shirt, in which dress the hounds did
not recognize him, and without first calling
to them The best food for hounds is
oatmeal and horse flesh, boiled, vegeta-
bles after hunting, boiled with the meat,
greayes. mashaa- potatoes, and skim milk.
Biscuits and greaves, also boiled, form ex-
cellent food in the summer or Off-season.
All food should be given cold, and it
should be boiled into puddings one day
and given the next day. The cost Of feed
ing hounds depends on the price of Oat-
meal, but about twelve pounds per annum
per couple may be looked upon as an av-
erage, perhaps a low sum. Hounds are
called by names, and as it is termed,
" drawn TO be fed in three, four, or five
couples at a time The door is wide open,
and the meat-trough is in plain view of
the hungry pack, but, until called out,
not one attempt to stir. Says Mr.. Dry
dem:
AZ Abra was ready ere he named her name,
And when he called another, Abra came.
1t was very lucky that Abra
was the lady and not
hound A hound thrusting IN or com
ing out of his turn, not when his name, is
called, is sent back with flea in his ear.
This Is to make them know their own
names, and is the only way Of teaching
them
The late Mr.. Apperley (the celebrated
'.Nimrod, , gives a remarkable instance Of
the discipline at feeding time which oc-
CURED at Sir Bellingham Graham's:
"Vulcan, the crowning ornament of the
pack, was standing near the door waiting
for his name to be called happened to
mention II, though in rather an under
tone; then in he came and licked Sir Bel
linghams hand, but though his head was
close to the trough, and the grateful viands
smoking under his nose, he never attempt
ed to eat, but on his master saying TO him,
GO back, Vulcan; you have no business
here, he Immediately retreated and mixed
with the hungry crowd. All the Year
Round
D.