. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . run, and the hounds were huntedsingly, Mrs. Litkie. winning the toss, electingto run Rufus first. By this time the sun washigh, and it was blazing hot ; and, as there wasno shade on the side of the valley selected forthe run, scent was not expected to be verygood. Collett worked the hound, Mr. EdgarFarman (mounted) following as judge. For astart Rufus cast very prettily, and, havinggained the line, gave tongue and
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . run, and the hounds were huntedsingly, Mrs. Litkie. winning the toss, electingto run Rufus first. By this time the sun washigh, and it was blazing hot ; and, as there wasno shade on the side of the valley selected forthe run, scent was not expected to be verygood. Collett worked the hound, Mr. EdgarFarman (mounted) following as judge. For astart Rufus cast very prettily, and, havinggained the line, gave tongue and went up thehill at a fair pace. Gibbs, it ought to be ex-plained, had mapped out the course with flags,so that we could see how the line was kept up the line the hound was at fault,but only momentarily, and, casting ratherwide, he was speedily on terms again, and went 144 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. off to the left, hunting in the most approvedfashion and at a good pace. The ground hereis all arable land ; but on reaching roots onthe crest of the hill, scent was better, and thehound very quickly came into the open again,but was at fault on a strip of plough. Not far. MR. C. E. HOLFORDS CH. REGENT,SON OF COLONEL COWENS from a Drawing on Wood by George Earl. away a group of villagers were watching thesport, and close to the line a woman was stand-ing ; but Rufus paid no heed to either, andwent on hunting every inch of the line untilreaching the outside boundary, clearly definedby one of Gibbs white flags. Here he cameto his first serious check, being out of viewfor some minutes in a wood. On coming intosight he ran heel for a distance ; but, en-couraged by Collett, he at length regained theline, and rattling down into the valley, wherescent was warmer than on the higher ground,he ran into his quarry in exactly one hourand ten minutes—really an excellent per-formance. On the second day scenting conditionsseemed perfect ; but, judging by the wayBlazer sh
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