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which is there now, although Mr. Ridley died last year and 

 Totaed Dennis, Birdsong, and a numher of other good men 

 ^'oYer the river." These were some of the best men and best 

 iZers in Georgia. Prom George Birdsong I learned the hab.ts 

 nf thp red fox, and bow to hunt him. 



Old My w^s a medium sized dog, weighing about orty-eight 

 or fifty pounds, close made, with a very short ear to a pomt, 

 head shaped like like a fox's i>ead, broad forehead and sharp 

 nose; he was brownish gray in color, long hair -" *» ^^ 

 curly with a fine coat of fur under this hair just hke a red fox 

 "'with a heavy brush or flag to his tail, ^^oc^Jro^^Z, 

 short back, and a big, round foot hke a wild-cat This dog 

 could outrun any red fox in Georgia or anywhere el e, and kiU i^ 

 by himself. Blessed be the name of old J^^^-^^ f°! *"^^ 

 whom the July hounds in Georgia got their name. Letters from 

 Mr. Robertson in 1872 and '78 gave this i"*°™f 7„ ,, . ^.^ t^ 

 I sent a young man from a commercial school at Baltimore to 

 see Sr Wtoters at Westminster, Carroll county, Md. I first got 

 Mr. Go^ell's address, and all these men in Maryland, from 

 Messrs. Harris and Robertson. , ^ „ , , T,,,„t piee 



The first dogs I bought in Maryland, Hyland, Black llee, 

 Stinger^d Lucy, were from Mr. Winters, taking the advice of 

 M IXtson, who had a bitch called Fury, that 1- go' from 

 Mr Winters; she was the fastest and best dog he ever bought in 

 Marjand. iucy was the mother of Fury; Mr. B— "-^^ 

 Mr. Winters both said so in letters to me Shortly after this I 

 bought Palmer and Red Boston, then ^lo^^^^f ^^^^.^^^^ 

 Mr. Winters bred Lucy twice (before I got her), first to G-nelU 

 Bloomer, and later to Linthicum's Boston. Hyland, B^ck Flee 

 Stineer Palmer, Red Boston, and Flora, were from Lucy and 

 Itsnell's Bloom;r. Big Boston was from Lucy and Lmthicum's 

 Boston Lucy was pedigreed to me as an English dog iinportod 

 by G?v Ogle of Maryland. She was a large bitch, well made 

 7hite with gray spots, cream-colored ears, with a large e^ , she 

 ran with head up and tail down, voice short and quick, ana 

 ZxlL^ any pa'ck, and kill any red fox. The others were ,ust 

 as good; they had instincts for fox like a bird dog has for birds, 

 and were as ambitious as tigers. 



In the meantime Mr. Winters sent me old Foo^-a P^P *-^ 

 Lucy and a full brother to Robertson's Pury-as ^ Christmas 

 gift Foot had a head just like old July's, color whit*, with 



