INTRODUCTION 



and they are far from uncommon, no wonder the 

 average member of an otter-hunting field prefers 

 the foxhound. Any M.O.H. can get draft fox- 

 hounds, and frequently get them as a gift hounds 

 that have been the best of fox-hunters and fox- 

 catchers, but have got too slow or for any of a 

 dozen other reasons are unable to run up to the 

 pace of a modern foxhound pack. These draft 

 hounds know all about hunting, and only want 

 entering to their new quarry to make most 

 excellent otter-hunting hounds at a minimum of 

 expense and trouble. 



But if an M.O.H. breeds otterhounds on the 

 same lines that foxhounds are bred, breeds by 

 selection, breeds each year enough puppies to get 

 a big enough young entry the following year 

 big enough not only to be able to put down 

 immediately any physical crock that may come 

 in, but big enough to allow for drafting a certain 

 number during and at the end of their first 

 season you can have, in my humble opinion, a 



pack of pure-bred otterhounds, not only not 



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