30 THE FOXHOUND 



sume their offspring, with proper care and at- 

 tention, will inherit these same qualities. There 

 is absolutely no question about the fact of 

 hounds inheriting qualities of hunting more 

 from the dam than from the sire, while the 

 qualities of shape, size, and conformation come 

 from the sire. 



Many breeders consider pedigree the only 

 consideration, paying but little attention to in- 

 dividual excellences or qualities; this is a mis- 

 take. Symmetry is never the result of chance 

 or luck, but of careful forethought and good 

 judgment, backed by a practical knowledge of 

 breeding. It is a gross mistake to breed good 

 and bad specimens together simply on account 

 of their pedigrees. The result is anything but 

 certain, as the bad qualities are as apt to crop 

 out in the progeny as the good, if not in the 

 first then in some succeeding generation. A 

 hound with bad qualities is more apt to perpet- 

 uate them in his progeny than he is to throw 

 back to better qualities possessed by his blue- 

 blooded ancestors. Therefore in breeding for 

 any certain desirable quality, for instance, color 

 or tongue, do not fail to investigate fully all 

 other qualities, good, bad, and indifferent, pos- 

 sessed by the sire, as with the desired qualities 

 you may get some very undesirable ones. 



