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He had the grandest, most earnest note. His qualities as a first- 

 class foxhound has never been equalled in this state. His en- 

 durance was phenomenal ; he would return from an all-day hunt 

 with his tail like a flag-staff over his back, and in one day he 

 helped to kill three red foxes, two of which he ran nearly to a 

 kill before the pack could get up to him. He was used as a stock 

 dog by masters of over ten packs, and there is not a pack of any 

 note in Maryland whose pedigrees does not run back to old 

 Barney. His cross with the Linthicum blood produced a bitcli, 

 "Lade," whose son "Nip," by Dr. Hardey's "Lifter," was sent 

 to Georgia and crossed with the July stock, produced the finest 

 dogs in that state. Mr. Gosnell bred a litter sister of "July" to 

 Barney and produced a litter, all of which became famous 

 foxhounds. This litter furnished stock dogs for a great many 

 hunt clubs and individual hunters. So wonderfully prepotent 

 was Barney that to this day dogs, who are the ninth or tenth 

 (male line) from him, have his color (steel gray), note and size. 



This history of the Maryland foxliound would be incomplete 

 without some mention of the great work done by Dr. William 

 Hardey and his brother, John Hardey. These gentlemen, who 

 reside a few miles from the Carroll manor and the Gosnell plan- 

 tation, have from their earliest boyhood kept the best hounds. 

 Mr. John Hardey's dogs are perhaps the most carefully bred, 

 and more resemble the Gosnell dogs than any Maryland hounds. 

 Mr. Gosnell was a most painstaking breeder of foxhounds; he 

 aspired to possess the best, and was a fox-hunter who could see 

 the faults of his own dogs. Mr. Gosnell bred and presented to 

 Mr. Miles Harris of Georgia a pair of pups, one of wliich, the 

 dog, July, was perhaps the most noted American foxhound we 

 have any account of. July was a medium sized dog, black back, 

 grayish red sides, ashy tan legs, a bushy tail, which he carried 

 over his back, had a shrill, choppy note, and hunting qualities 

 of the Gosnell dogs, who liunted in a gallop, covering the ground 

 in an incredibly short time. July's great name was acquired 

 solely because he could handle the red fox as no other dog had 

 done in Georgia up to that time. 



The Maryland hound is now a much larger dog than the medi- 

 um sized hound of Nimrod Gosnell's time. The prevailing 

 colors at this time in this state are dark red with white points, 

 black and tan, or gray, with ash-colored tan legs; blaze faces are 

 common. 



