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courses through the natural alleys and gates of the body m 

 ^gular gra^lation showing the blood and speed m the luster of 

 eye, the beautiful color and form, the r^>:^%^'-^^^'^^^l^f^ 

 pUortioned limb, making one «y™-«t"f *°™ °* "/'^^'j; 

 strength and speed no other dogs possessed this side of their 

 Sand, giving them a distinction f--/!! °'^- ^^t' 

 readily perceived; and their voices, whose rude throats he im^ 

 mortal Jove's dread clamor counterfeited, are o* ™"*^ 

 strains of omniferous music, softly mellowing into intrmsic 

 sweetness, rival the wildest Utopian dreams ttat ever gathered 

 around the brow of that old inspired bard and s-e -nger o, 

 Israel as he walked the amaranthine promenades of the Garden 

 of Eden, and listened to the sweet Philomela aaid swift-wmged 

 warbler as they flitted and caroled f-m twig to t-S y'" «J^^ 

 rested beneath the shades and golden forbidden fruit a^^^ung 

 so temptingly in tlie silvery boughs and silk frmged foliage of 

 ttie Zposel tree of life. Fury with Tickler, Bird, Jake, 

 Gamester Stag, Lick, Boston, John, Eed Buck, Ringwood, 

 w'ndr Mary, Foot and MoUie and all of their ancestors run far 

 ^k to the p;ck of old righteous Sampson who -ugh* foxe 

 and tied firebrands to their tails, to scourge his e^emie and tt e 

 father and mother of his dogs were Esau's two fai hful old 

 hounds? Pinebender and Sprinkler, of far-fet.hed h,st«,.cal 

 fame, who followed him from his hunting grounds vvhen he sold 

 his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage for himse and 

 hungry dogs, and the progenitors of his pack were the first i»ir 

 of dog's that'ever m.de foot-prints in the damp soil or cr^ed a 

 trail upon the unsunlit and unvineclad summit of Mt. Ararat, 

 wTien Noah's second dove took her long and lonely departu . 

 and bruited back in enunciative strains of sonorous mu ic he 

 signal to Noah to unfetter his hounds, that the miirky deep had 

 assuaged and unveiled the gr«nd terraquous globe from center to 



" B:;t: F:ry and many of her noble family are lying where 

 thrtall blue-gmss of Montgomery, like J-^^^'s sheaves to 

 Joseph's, bow in honor to their memory. May your puppies 



prove worthy of their ancestors. ., ■ j « a Vr7vTi 



Very respectfully, your friend, S. S. 1 izer, 

 Sec'y Sterling Hunting Club. 



