TO MASTERS OF HOUNDS 



mute, the other half noisy. Of course, 

 neither hound ought to have been kept, 

 much less bred from. Always draft a mute 

 hound. There is no fault so bad, and the 

 better he is in his work the more harm he 

 will do. Then there is straightness. Every- 

 body in his heart of hearts likes his hounds 

 straight. In my experience it is only those 

 who cannot breed straight hounds who 

 prefer crooked ones ; some even go so far 

 as to say that a straight hound cannot be 

 good in his work ! But I always notice that, 

 when hound breeders of this sort happen to 

 breed a straight hound, they are as proud 

 of him as a hen is of one chick. Of course, 

 you must have plenty of good walks to 



breed a good pack of hounds, so that you 

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