242 THE AMERICAN HUNTING DOG 



Ans. — 1. Ch. Mohawk is dead, but tlie Babble- 

 brook Kennels offer four famous sons of his who 

 have been recent field trial winners — Babblebrook 

 Joe, etc. 



2. Mohawk II was a fine dog, but there are also 

 good representatives of the Gladstones, White- 

 stones, Eugene M,, etc., who must not be over- 

 looked. 



3. I would send a Whitestone or Gladstone 

 bitch to the Mohawk sire. 



LINE BREEDING 



(1) Would it be too close to breed a bitch to a 

 dog, the dog's dam being a full sister to the sire 

 of the bitch? (2) What is meant by line breeding 

 and outcrossing? (3) Is the beagle Gusty, the 

 dam of Florienne, registered; if so, give number? 



Ans. — (1) Not in a single instance or where the 

 mating is made with some definite purpose that 

 is to strengthen or perpetuate certain traits. (2) 

 Line breeding may be defined shortly as the com- 

 bining of the blood of a certain individual with- 

 out the direct use of that individual. Thus, the 

 mating of cousins would be line breeding. The 

 closest cross of line breeding occurs with the mat- 

 ing of half-brother and half-sister. Most breed- 



