After that, it would be longer flights until he could learn whether he had any record breakers in his flock.
In the lower part of the building, Hugh had his long-eared Belgian hares.

There was now quite a family of them, what with the old ones, and seven strapping youngsters.

Hugh took great pleasure in watching his pets, and figuring out how he could improve on their quarters, so as to make them more comfortable in every way.
"Well, have you struck any promising scheme yet, Hugh ?" demanded Thad, as he breezed into the hutch, seeming to guess that he would find his chum there, and not in the house.
"I've just been fixing things in my mind," returned Hugh, quietly, "and trying to determine how any intruder would expect to get in here.

Why, up to now such a thing as having my hares stolen never once occurred to me.

Really I'm surprised to find what confidence I've been placing in all Scranton; when there have been bad eggs among the boys from away back.