British sport past and present . OTTER-HUNTING hot and sunny a day in summer as needs be ; and when thepack fairly hunted her down, forced her out of the water, andcaught and killed her in a thick hedge, I was nearly run to astand-still. In the sixties the propriety of using the spear under anycircumstances was challenged, with the result that it was dis-carded altogether. There are not now hunting many menwho have seen a spear used. Few sports have gained so muchin popularity as otter-hunting during recent years. In 1892there were fifteen packs in existence : there are now twenty-three ; and
British sport past and present . OTTER-HUNTING hot and sunny a day in summer as needs be ; and when thepack fairly hunted her down, forced her out of the water, andcaught and killed her in a thick hedge, I was nearly run to astand-still. In the sixties the propriety of using the spear under anycircumstances was challenged, with the result that it was dis-carded altogether. There are not now hunting many menwho have seen a spear used. Few sports have gained so muchin popularity as otter-hunting during recent years. In 1892there were fifteen packs in existence : there are now twenty-three ; and perhaps it is safe to assert that where ten followedotter-hounds twenty years ago, thirty follow now. There wasa time, not so long gone, when an intending follower of otter-hounds, anxious to be correctly tvu-ned out, received in replyto his inquiry, \Vhat is the uniform of your hunt ? theeloquent postcard Rags from the Nowadayseach hunt has its distinctive uniform, neat and workmanlike. 65 PARTRIDGE SHOOTING SHOOTING, as
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