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Title: Mr. Crop's harriers
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Bowers, G
Subjects: Horses Fox hunting
Publisher: London : Day & Son
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ng home; that is my experience of stag-hunting. Pleasures of a Master of Hounds. Mr. Crop, finding he can do with another horse, buys a five-year-old of a farmer, thinkinghe will grow into money. He takes him out for the first time with the Fallowfield Foxhounds,who meet handy. After a long dragging day, with no particular sport, and being knocked overby young Hurryup, our master turns homeward at dusk, having made up his mind the younghorse has a one-sided mouth, will take a month to get into condition, and has neither pace normanners. Aiiived at the kennels, behold Bolter, hatless, on the green with the hounds, helplesslycontemplating Candid and Dauntless worrying his cap, the others roaming about in all directions.Drunk again! says Crop, and swears he will get rid of Bolter. Further Pleasures of Keeping Hounds. Letters begin to arrive, complaining of damage to fences, crops, etc. Browser reads :— Laburnam Cottages. Sir,—Your dogs ran through my garden last week, and got into my
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(23) hack kitchen ; tliey iipset a pail of pigs food, and veiy much frightened my cat, which, abouthaving kittens, I expect you, gentlemen, will pay me damages, etc., etc. Yours respectfully (allspelt wrong), Margaret Moulder, Widow. Heresanother, says Browser:— Mr. Crop. Sir,—This is togive you notice to keep off my farm, with 5our haredogs, as I wont have none of you gents gallopin overmy land, and not asking no leave. James Sharpset. Shall we give Margaret Moulder a sovereign,and shut her up ? says Crop. Certainly not, says Browser; we shouldhave twenty more widow^s after us directly. I shallsend her one of the stable cats, with your compliments.She is only trying it on, as Bolter would say. As toJames Sharpset, he is an awkward old fellow; but ifyou give him a gallon of whiskey and a hare, nexttime you kill one handy, that will square liini forever so long.

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