184 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



kind of a good dog, i.e., for coon or opossum? 

 My beagle is good on rabbits, but the Airedale 

 isn't trained to hunt, he's only a trick house dog 

 but full of grit. This friend of mine says it will 

 make the best all-around coon dog on the mar 

 ket. 



2. Do you know of any one that has crossed a 

 beagle with an Airedale? 



3. What or which is the best way to train a 

 dog to hunt and tree a coon? What breed of a 

 dog? 



4. I know of a dog that tongues on a rabbit trail 

 and also on quail and pheasants, on the latter two 

 she generally gets on her hind legs and looks 

 ahead when she gets near them; the dog looks like 

 a beagle hound only her hair is kind of kinky. 



J. J. PUDLINEB. 



Ans. I have seen several crosses of Airedale 

 on hound, and, like all direct crosses, the result 

 ing pups are very uncertain. Most of them are 

 just plain worthless, having neither of the good 

 qualities of the parents. A good many throw 

 back to one side or the other, having just enough 

 hound in them to spoil their looks as a terrier, 

 or just enough terrier in them to spoil their effi 

 ciency as a hound. Once in a while a cross turns 



