. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. Hare-Eabbit. ...w^V^^. A wild animal abundant in this countiy, but, from its nocturnal habits, seldom seen by day, unless disturbed from ils fonn. timid, and of gieat fleetness. The hare furnishes much sport, chased in coursing by greyhounds and by regidar packs of hounds in hunting. HAKEBELIi. The wild hvacinth. HARE-HTJNTINa. This pastime, a
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. Hare-Eabbit. ...w^V^^. A wild animal abundant in this countiy, but, from its nocturnal habits, seldom seen by day, unless disturbed from ils fonn. timid, and of gieat fleetness. The hare furnishes much sport, chased in coursing by greyhounds and by regidar packs of hounds in hunting. HAKEBELIi. The wild hvacinth. HARE-HTJNTINa. This pastime, although unable to compete witli fox-hunting as an aristo- cratic and fashionable amusement, is almost equally conducive to good sport where a really good jjack of hamers is kept and hunted in first-class style. The professional foxhunter may view it ?\\-ith contempt, but thousands discovei in the their highest means of gia'iiication. Country gentlemen of limited means, to economize, take re- fuge in the less costly pastime, and by keeping kennels of well-a]ipointed har- riers, ]3rovide amusement for many worthy lovers of sport who would never otherwise be enabled to chase anything. Nor are fanners' scratch jiacks always to be despised. In neighbourhoods where wealthy farmers are located, much cordial good feeling, no less than amusement, is afforded by private, un- ostentatious meets. Besides M-hich, excellent loins are by no means uncom- mon, calculated to ix\ the speed and i:)rowess of any horse. Hany Hieovcr says: "Harriers, if game ones, the scent good, and the run straight, as is sometimes the case when hares come from afar, can go quite fast enough to make many a nag"s tail strike mIio is held to be a fairish horse with fox- ; The same authority, treat- ing of the good influences of hare- I'.unting in training horses says: " I chiefly went with hanicrs as a school for , and it is the best for that purpose that I know ; H
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