18 THE AMERICAN FOXHOUND 



known tliroughout Maine as the Gledhill bitch, and was practi- 

 cally the dam of the Buckfield strain— a description of her. may 

 not be amiss. She was a small, compact, red or tan-colored 

 hound, quite shaggy in coat, and feathered on tail and hams. 

 Her ears were short ; and altogether she was an ordinary looking 

 bitch. In work slie took after her dam— being a good hunter; 

 would only take a good track ; and, when the fox was up, would 

 stay with it all day. Her trailing was wonderful, for she had 

 no hard places, even on ice, crust or ledge, but drove her fox 

 with steady, persistent smoothness. She had the same sharp, 

 choppy tongue as her dam, and always ran very near the game. 

 Mr. Gledhill bred her to a blue mottled hound, owned by Mr. 

 Lon. Buck, of Buckfield, and from this nick came the noted 

 Dime Buck, generally known as "Old Dime." Mr. Lon. Buck 

 first owned tliis dog, but Mr. Gledhill heard of his great work, 

 and went to Buckfield, bought him for $40, and took him to 

 Norway, Maine, where he remained till his death. He was a 

 tough-made, long, coarse-haired hound; his markings being tan, 

 white and red mottled. He was bred to a bitch called Daisy, 

 from Casco, Me., but owned at the time by Thomas Everett of 

 Norway, and claimed to be of Buckfield blood. The result of 

 til is breeding was Dime Danforth, considered the star hound of 

 the strain. He was owned by Mr. James Danforth, of Norway, 

 and was admitted to be the finest hound ever seen in that 

 country. He inherited his sire's size and markings, but far ex- 

 celled him in nose, speed and endurance. He would take a furi- 

 ous clip when the game was afoot, in the morning, and hold it 

 all day. His fame spread all over New England, and bitches 

 vrere sent from every direction to be bred to him. The next 

 famous liound was Red Dime, by Dime Danforth ex. Spot; Red 

 Dime sired Red Sport, out of Daisy; and Red Sport sired Mr. 

 Gledhill's present stud dcg, Tomey, out of Fanny. Mr. Gledhill 

 also has an inbred Buckfield bitch, Peggy, that has thrown some 

 fine pups by Tomey. And now for the breeding of the Buckfield 

 descendent that has won not only New Eng-land fame, but whose 

 renown througli his great winnings in tlie fourtli annual field 

 trials of the Brunswick Fur Club has reached ail parts of the 

 hunting world. This hound was Jim Blaine, and he has added 

 more luster to the strain than any of its representatives. Jim's 

 sire was a full-blooded Byron Iiound of great speed; while his 

 dam, Pert, was by Gerry's Jack, out of Gypsy; and Jack was by 



