Hints on Breeding, 91 



** Thistle Wliipper " used to say (and I can 

 bear out his words) that the fox-hound, pro- 

 vided he is let alone, will hunt as low a scent 

 as any animal. 



I sometimes crossed my bitches with the 

 Oakley small staUion hounds, and very good 

 results I got. Another pack I was very fond 

 of was Sir George Brooke's. 



If you want a good pack of hunting hounds 

 you must breed them yourself, and you cannot 

 be too careful in selecting the right bitches for 

 the dogs you are using. Breed them for legs, 

 necks and shoulders, but don't forget th^t 

 they are not of much use in the hunting field 

 without a nose. 



I think I can claim to know something 

 about this subject. Charles Lindsell and I 

 judged the Cambridgeshire Hounds in Mr. 

 Tindall's time, and also while Mr. Ashton, Mr. 

 Newton and Mr. George Evans were Masters 

 of that pack. And we also judged the Oakley 

 pack for thirty years, during the time of Mr. 

 Arkwright and Mr. Macan, Mr. Butt-Miller 

 and Captain Browning. 



