Identifier: sportonlandwater01gris (find matches)
Title: Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Griswold, F. Gray (Frank Gray), 1854-1937
Subjects: Horses Fox hunting Fishing Horse racing
Publisher: (Norwood, Mass.) : Privately printed (The Plimpton Press)
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ENGLISH FOXHOUND, EARLY XLX CENTURY
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ENGLISH FOXHOUND. EARLY XIX CENTURY ENGLISH FOXHOUND 141 was pacified, and with much kindnesswished her not to trouble with it, for hewould love her none the worse. The nextday he sent Anne a diamond worth £2000,a legacee from his dead dogge, in tokenof forgiveness. Ladies who jump onhounds in these days are rewarded moreoften with words of silver than with goldensilence. In olden days the fox was hunted in thesame manner that it is hunted in Americaat the present time. The sportsmen wouldmeet early in the morning, draw a wood-land, and hunt the cold scent of the morn-ing drag, following the fox up to hisretreat. If the fox was found, he wouldnot be in a condition to run very fast, forhe had not had time to digest his noc-turnal meal or to sleep off the fatigue ofprocuring it. In process of time the coun-try was cleared of forest, and, more speedbeing required, a faster hound was soughtfor. In the beginning nose and tongue were 142 SPORT ON LAND AND WATER all that was needed, for the

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