There is another mode, as a preventive of kennel lameness, which we have the best authority for saying deserves particular attention, and that is, the frequently turning hounds off their benches during the day, even if it were to the extent of every two hours throughout the entire day. We do not mean to deny the existence of a disease, which, being produced in the kennel, is properly termed kennel lameness. Some kennels are, no doubt, more unhealthy and prone to engender rheumatic affections than others; but, by proper management, and avoiding as much as possible all exciting causes, their effects may, at least, be very much lessened, if not entirely obviated.

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Lord Fitzhardinge's Management.

[Lord]

Fitzhardinge's opinion of the situation of the kennel and the management of the hounds, as given in the

New Sporting Magazine

, is somewhat different from that which has been just given. The following is the substance of it:

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