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and to train puppies properly to run long, hard races, they 

 should be strong and have the necessary age before starting 

 them after red foxes, and should be run with well broken 

 clogs, so that they will learn no bad habits. I do not think 

 any pack should ever quit running until it catches or trees 

 whatever it is after; however, to have a pack of this kind 

 you must have good blood in it. Kill any dog that will 

 quit before he is stopped or catches his game, for he will 

 turn some good young dog to stop with him. 



A hunter should always endeavor to keep within hearing of 

 his pack, and never go home and leave them running. If they 

 learn once that you are a quitter they will be quitters also. 



For good killing dogs for bears and deer, they should be 

 trained and handled precisely the same as in hunting foxes, 

 excepting that they should go a little slower and should not 

 be good stayers in a chase; they should always stop running 

 a deer, if he is not wounded, within one hour; for if you do 

 not kill the deer in that time, he is so far away from the dogs 

 that it is difficult to get a shot; the greater number of times 

 they run off some ten or twenty miles. If game is plentiful, 

 it is much more sport to get the dogs back in the drive and 

 jump another deer. J. M. AVENT. 



HICKORY VALLEY, TENN. 



Mr. Avent's attainments as a trainer and field trial handler 

 are well known, his success at field trials and prominence 

 in dog matters for many years being a feature in the 

 chronicles of field sports and within the personal knowledge 

 of the larger part of sportsmen; yet except in the South it is 

 not generally known that he is an enthusiastic and accom- 

 plished fox, deer and bear hunter, an owner of hounds for 

 many years and a recognized authority on them ; therefore, 

 this chapter, coming from a recognized expert, should be 

 accredited with the full measure of worth to which it is 

 properly entitled. B. W. 



