Breeding and Raising Hounds. 153 



of hounds inheriting quaHties of hunting more 

 from dam than sire, while the quahties of shape, 

 size, and conformation come from the sire. 



Many breeders consider pedigree the only 

 consideration, paying but little attention to indi- 

 vidual excellence or qualities. This is a mistake. 

 Symmetry is never the result of chance or luck, 

 but of careful forethought and good judgment, 

 backed up by a practical knowledge of breeding. 



I am a great believer in breeding to a type 

 (provided you can combine field qualities at the 

 same time) . My success as a breeder of winners 

 on the bench in the foxhound classes is sufficient 

 proof of this fact, as the records of the American 

 Kennel Club will show that I have bred 30 per 

 cent of all the champions of record. 



It is a gross mistake to breed good and bad 

 specimens together simply on account of their 

 pedigrees. The result is anything but certain, as 

 the bad qualities are as apt to crop out in the 

 progeny as the good, if not in the first, then in 

 some succeeding generation. 



A hound with bad qualities is more apt to per- 

 petuate them in his progeny than he is to throw 

 back to better qualities possessed by his blue- 

 blooded ancestors. Therefore, in breeding for 

 any certain desirable quality, for instance color or 

 tongue, do not fail to investigate fully all the 

 other qualities, good, bad, and indifferent, pos- 



