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Title: The hunting field with horse and hound in America, the British Isles and France
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Peer, Frank Sherman
Subjects: Hunting Fox hunting
Publisher: New York, M. Kennerley
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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a bold, resolute and most hardy animal, andwhile not as active as the English foxhound or harrier, his gritand endurance are wonderful. He must be in icy cold waterfor hours at a time, at least in the beginning of the season, andwhen he comes upon his game, its a life or death grapple withone of the fiercest fighters that is known, for the otter is quickas a fish and his powerful jaws and sharp teeth make his bitesomething for a hound to remember. The otterhound, therefore, needs to be, as he is, one of themost ferocious of dogs. Once he goes into a fight it is to thedeath—like the otter, he never quits while there is a breath oflife in his body. He fights to kill; in this respect he takessecond place to none, not even the bulldog. The latter, whenonce a hold is secured, simply hangs on wherever the hold mayl)e, but an otterhound bites and fights to kill. This ferocioustemper, we are told, makes it dangerous to attempt to keepmany of them in the same kennel, as they are apt to fight
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HUNTSMAN LEADING THE PACK .-t H i;;w;;B ^^^rr—-^^^-^^— ••^«™»JI;I!J THE ESSEX OTTERHOUNDS otter Hunting 233 among themselves from sheer love of combat. When once arow is started they all join in and are said never to quit aslong as two hounds can stand up and fight. We are alsotold of several attempts to keep packs of pure otterhoundstogether, but their fighting propensities have discouraged themost ardent fanciers of the breed. For this reason, we believe,most packs are largely made up of foxhounds. The otter-hound, Hke the otter, seems particularly adapted to the workhe has to perform. He is provided with a strong coat of roughwire hair which seems capable of resisting cold. For, althoughhe is much in the icy water, when heated with exertion, he ismore exempt from rheumatics and other kennel ailments thanany other hound. His face and muzzle are guarded by a pro-fusion of long wiry whisker hairs that gives him a devil-may-care look that in no way belies liim, and is a poi

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