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S.W. effect, a stirring and most exciting pastime, demanding from its followers good lungs, a sound heart, abounding energy, some selfdenial, and a certain amount of athletic training. These hill countries of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Wales, with their tough and sport-loving inhabitants, are, in [Photo. by C. Woodley.
ESKDALE HOUNDS KILL ON GREAT BANK. yet another. The Ynysfor, a sturdy Carnarvonshire and Merioneth pack of ten couples, hunt in a mountainous district, which includes within its limits Snowdon and other great heights, and can of necessity be hunted and followed only on foot. These hounds show great sport, in one of the roughest and wildest countries in the kingdom. This is an old pack, and has been hunted by the same family since the year 1765. The hounds are of the old Welsh breed, some of them rough-coated, and many of them black and tan in colour.
They hunt otter in summer.
Foxhunting on foot, although it may not seem a desirable form of sport to the rich man with a long string of horses, is, in fact, splendid nurseries for turning out hardy and vigorous specimens of mankind.
We have far too much luxury and softness among us in these later days. But so long as the foot foxhunter pursues his quarry over the fells of Cumberland and the mountains of Wales, so long will there be a hardy remnant of Britons to set a good example to the rest of their race. The sport is undeniable, and the hill foxes of these countries are the finest specimens in Britain.
They take a great deal of catching, and afford some extraordinarily long and exciting chases. H. A. BRYDEN. [See also Dogs, Fox, and Hound Breed- ING.] A LIST OF PACKS HUNTING IN 1910.
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