134 Horse and Hound. 



I bred Shirley (see picture). As to his field 

 qualities, he won first in speed and driving classes 

 at the Brunswick Fur Club, and as to his confor- 

 mation, quality, and symmetry, is a several times 

 first prize winner on the bench, surely a good 

 record. It is true, he is not as large as a yearling 

 calf, and this is wherein he has doubtless of- 

 fended. 



Reference to the earlier volumes of the Fox- 

 hound stud books, compiled and published by me, 

 containing i,ooo pedigrees, will show that many 

 American breeders crossed their bitches on the 

 English hound, but the last volume, now in press, 

 shows this practice has been discontinued. I my- 

 self have imported hounds from the celebrated 

 English packs, and crossed them on bitches that 

 were undersized, merely to get bone and sub- 

 stance, but this was obtained only at the sacrifice 

 of other qualities, possibly more desirable. 



The hound Banker, which won first prize at 

 the show at the Brunswick Fur Club in 1903, for 

 best stallion hound, was bred by me, and was 

 the result of one of my experiments, as he was 

 sired by Imp. Admiral, an English hound from 

 the Quorn pack, and out of one of my native 

 American bitches. Although entered in the field 

 trials at Barre, he failed to get in the money, yet 

 he had no trouble in disposing of the field trial 

 winners who had beaten him, when he came into 



