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see dates back to 1835, and was originated by Mr. 

 C. S. Lewis, of Virginia, who removed to Ten- 

 nessee, and Mr. John Fuquay, residing in same 

 State. They crossed their packs and thus orig- 

 inated the Wild Goose strain. 



They introduced also an infusion of Irish 

 blood into the pack, and later a cross of the Eng- 

 lish. In 1872, Colonel J. W. Lewis, a son of 

 Mrs. C. S. Lewis, took charge of the pack and 

 kept the strain pure. 



The Portsmouth strain, named in honor of 

 Portsmouth, N. H., the home of Dr. Heffenger, 

 who is largely responsible for it, is a mixture of 

 Byron, Buckfield, Brooke, Wild Goose, Walker, 

 Robinson, Maupin, Williams, July, and English, 

 and as the best specimens of these famous strains 

 were procured, it is not to be wondered at their 

 giving a most excellent account of themselves, 

 both on the bench and at the Brunswick field 

 trials. 



The Cook strain, so extensively advertised 

 and sold throughout the country a few years 

 since, was but a new and revised edition of the 

 old-time black and tan, long-eared, deep-mouthed, 

 long switch tail, smooth-coated, Southern hound, 

 with Detroit as a setting. They were evenly bal- 

 anced, bred to a type, and were very pretty to 

 look upon, being considered wonders by the old- 

 time hunters not yet accustomed to the new type 



