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the hound than strength and cruelty. The 

 whip should be used sparingly with highly nerv- 

 ous or excitable hounds that need restraint or 

 correction. The voice, if properly modulated, 

 will generally have the desired effect. Hounds 

 will not readily forgive or forget an unde- 

 served blow, and when it is too freely bestowed 

 they soon learn to consider man an agent of 

 torture rather than a friend. 



Never make a companion or pet of a hound, 

 and never offer to pet or caress one in the field. 

 This places them on a familiar footing and 

 " familiarity breeds contempt." The pamper- 

 ing and petting which many hounds are sub- 

 jected to by overindulgent owners are respon- 

 sible for the ruin of many a promising hound. 

 If not a breeder, in selecting hounds attention 

 must be paid to qualities and characteristics of 

 antecedents, as ancestral influence is certain to 

 crop out in later generations. While inherited 

 instinct may be more or less latent, it is always 

 present, and it is simply a question of develop- 

 ment by proper handling and training. A 

 hound with bad qualities is more apt to per- 

 petuate them in his progeny than he is to throw- 

 back to better qualities which were possessed 

 by his blue-blooded ancestors. 



Hunting and training qualities are usually 



