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of the House Committee, and the chib house con- 

 tains many reminders of his good taste and judg- 

 ment in its furnishing and arrangement of its con- 

 tents. He has also bred at his country home 

 some very good hounds for the kennel. 



THE ROSE TREE CLUB HOUNDS. 



The kennels contain thirty-two long-eared 

 American hounds for active hunting on the three 

 regular days of each week; and ten young hounds 

 of the club's own raising, now in training. The 

 present disposition of the club is to again raise its 

 own puppies by breeding from good American 

 stock. The names of the older hounds are as 

 follows: "Jerry," "Charlie," "Roamer," "Tom," 

 "Ringwood," "Reynard," "Trim," "Loafer," 

 "Racket," "Black Lead," "Rattler," "Rowdy," 

 "Sailor," "Nero," "Buck," "Hunter," "Fashion," 

 "Sweetheart," "Blossom," "Betty," "Screamer," 

 "Clipper," "Shpper," "Rose," "Quinine," "Queen," 

 "Milo," "Jack," "Delaware," "Jeff," "Traveler," 

 and "Kie"; and the young hounds are named: 

 "Bert," "Duke," "Silver," "Princess," "Colonel," 

 "General," "Milo," "Bonnie," "Hey," and "Man." 



A true American fox hound, when once he 

 strikes the scent of a fox track, will never leave 

 it for the track of any other animal; and when 

 running a fox on a hot scent cannot be called 



