INTRODUCTION 



to devote a few hours, two or three times a week, to drag-hunting, but 

 who would not take the time away from their business to put in a day's fox- 

 hunting. Still, fox-hunting, we are happy to say, is on the increase, and several 

 drag-packs have given up that form of sport and taken to "The Noble Science." 

 Just one more word. The question of good looks has always been one 

 of too little significance to the American hunting man. " Give me a pack 

 of pointers," said the Master of an American pack once, " if they'll hunt a 

 fox." It is this spirit that has helped to injure the American hound in 

 looks. In late years, however, more attention has been paid to this matter, 

 and the inauguration of a National Hound Show similar to one held at 

 Peterboro, England, has had the result of a distinct improvement in the 

 general looks and conformation of hounds. A hound can work just as well if 

 he is good looking — that is one of the many points where England is ahead 

 of us in hound breeding. It will be years before we can produce such 

 hounds as our fellow-sportsmen and cousins over the water, but it can't hurt 

 us to try. 



