242 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



Ans. 1. Ch. Mohawk is dead, but the Babble- 

 brook Kennels offer four famous sons of his who 

 have been recent field trial winners Babblebrook 

 Joe, etc. 



2. Mohawk II was a fine dog, but there are also 

 good representatives of the Gladstones, White- 

 stones, Eugene M., etc., who must not be over 

 looked. 



3. I would send a Whitestone or Gladstone 

 bitch to the Mohawk sire. 



LINE BREEDING 



(1) Would it be too close to breed a bitch to a 

 dog, the dog's dam being a full sister to the sire 

 of the bitch? (2) What is meant by line breeding 

 and outcrossing? (3) Is the beagle Gusty, the 

 dam of Florienne, registered; if so, give number! 



Ans. (1) Not in a single instance or where the 

 mating is made with some definite purpose that 

 is to strengthen or perpetuate certain traits. (2) 

 Line breeding may be defined shortly as the com 

 bining of the blood of a certain individual with 

 out the direct use of that individual. Thus, the 

 mating of cousins would be line breeding. The 

 closest cross of line breeding occurs with the mat 

 ing of half-brother and half-sister. Most breed- 



