62 THE A^IERICAN HUNTING DOG 



presented to Mr. Miles Harris, of Georgia, a pair 

 of pups, one of which was the dog July. He 

 proved a sensation as compared to the native 

 hounds of the central South, and so became very 

 famous and was bred to extensively, establishing 

 what is known as the July strain of Georgia fox- 

 hounds. 



The next famous strain was the Trigg, owned 

 by H. C. Trigg, noted southern hunter. Originally 

 the family owned a pack of the fine old rat-tailed, 

 long-eared, deep-toned Virginia black-and-tan 

 foxhounds, but the advent of the red fox into Ken- 

 tucky changed all that, and the Triggs had to as- 

 semble a new pack. The stock was obtained from 

 Mr. Birdsong in Georgia in 1867. He had then in 

 his pack the famous dog July, and also his Henry 

 dog Longstreet. From him he bought Chase and 

 Bee (by Longstreet), George, Rip and Fannie, 

 paying $400 for the lot. From General Maupin 

 he bought Minnie, a descendant of the noted dog, 

 Tennessee Lead, and from Colonel Walker he got 

 the dog Mattie. The Trigg strain is thus seen 

 to be a blend of the Birdsong, Maupin and Walker 

 stocks. 



Following out this line of foxhound history, we 

 first see the connection of the Triggs with the 

 original Maryland stock through July, and next 



