Hi Perk,
in that last picture your looking at the start of a valley in the right of the picture, it's about 200 yards wide there with gorse and briars up to 5 feet high, that valley runs for about 6 miles in lenght and over half a mile wide mostly. we could hunt foxes in that for hours that would ...

These pictures are from an Irish foot Harrier pack, Harriers or Kerry Beagles are expected to dwell on a cold line and work it out, They are famed for deep voice and wouldn't run with the urgency of foxhounds but still put plenty to ground, just take their time doing it.
This is a quick clip of this ...

Hi John, the pictures were taken of the Surrey Union Hunt. I just posted them because i think they give the idea of how modern foxhounds are built for speed.
Sadly the pictures were taken the first day after hunting with hounds was banned in england, it was at the start of the day. As you noticed it ...

Norwester sent me a link onto this discussion( great site by the way)
I've added 2 pictures of foxhounds from this side of the water, they would be 70-80+ lbs but they are built for speed.
When some packs say they are not out to catch the fox, what their real focus is , is on entertaining the field ...