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they would surrender it, secured for it its name 

 of Kentucky, meaning the dark and bloody 

 ground. The immense bands of deer and elk 

 that roamed the forest were the direct means of 

 introducing the hound, and from that day to the 

 present they have been bred with the sole idea 

 to excel in hunting, trailing, and endurance. That 

 they have succeeded is proven by the records of 

 the foxhound field trials, which show that 80 per 

 cent of the winners are Kentucky strain. 



The most famous strain of hounds, not only 

 in Kentucky, but in the United States, to-day, is 

 the Walker hound. 



Mr. John W. Walker, born in 1802 in Mad- 

 ison County, Kentucky, and the father of Messrs. 

 Edward, Steve (W. S.), and Arch Walker, who, 

 although close to seventy years old, are to-day 

 considered the best fox-hunters in America, bar 

 none, obtained his first hounds from his uncle, 

 Wm. Williams, who used them exclusively for 

 deer. Thus it will be seen this strain of hounds 

 has beai in this family for over one hundred 

 years. 



General G. W. Maupin, for whom the Mau- 

 pin strain was named, was a neighbor of Mr. 

 John Walker, a close personal friend, and brother 

 huntsman. They continued to hunt the gray fox 

 and deer until in the early fifties the red fox 

 made his appearance in Kentucky, and they be- 



