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of the present day. In fact, I have heard them 

 more universally admired at bench shows than 

 any hounds I have ever seen on exhibition. 



Frequently, while judging hound classes at 

 the larger shows, I have given the awards to 

 hounds of the new type, more especially those 

 handled by Ben Lewis, George Thomas, and other 

 professional handlers, over the old-timers exhib- 

 ited by their proud owners. I always realized 

 that while not deserving it, I received their com- 

 miseration for my ignorance of hounds; in fact, 

 they seldom failed to let me know it. I recall one 

 show in particular where I withheld all awards in 

 American hound classes with seven entries in the 

 ring; the result was a pretty mess, and the man- 

 agement, after unsuccessfully insisting upon my 

 rejudging the class and making awards, only sat- 

 isfied them by dividing the money equally among 

 the exhibitors. Upon my return home I sent one 

 of their number a hound from my kennel, and in 

 this manner only did I succeed in impressing upon 

 them the true type of a modern, up-to-date hound. 



The "Arkansas Travelers," as the only sep- 

 arate strain in that State is known, came from 

 Missouri, as did the hounds in Louisiana. The 

 Missouri hounds were originally pure-bred Ken- 

 tucky hounds taken there by emigrants from the 

 latter State. 



The original Pennsylvania hounds were of 

 two general types and came from Maryland and 



