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of the boys sit sideways returning from the chase, Mr, Howard 

 has always been a lover of fine stock and devoted much time to 

 the breeding of same, and has always been my counsel in 

 breeding my dogs. He has always been a thorough hunter and a 

 gentleman of the first water, I wish you could know him as I 

 do. 



My dogs were named tlie Shaggies by Mr. Robertson before I 

 got them. They were very rough coated and could take to ice 

 or briars without harm to themselves, 



I think we have always improved our hounds by judicious 

 breeding, 



I am now on the shady side of the bush, and will soon have to 

 retire and make room for those that love to ride to the hounds 

 and see the finish. A, B, Whitlock. 



THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER STRAIN. 

 By C. Floyd Huff, Hot Springs, Ark. 



The Arkansas Traveller hounds were given that name by my 

 hunting friends and companions. I have had them for a number 

 of years and liave been hunted and bred by me for my personal 

 pleasure. They are the result of such intelligence as I possess in 

 this line of crossing the thoroughbred English, the best Ken- 

 tucky blood, as evidenced by field trial tests, with a strain of 

 hounds that have been bred pure in Missouri since the Civil 

 War, but whose ancestry cannot be traced beyond that period, 

 Tlie predominating blood of the Arkansas Travellers is from this 

 Missouri strain, 



Tlie Missouri dogs referred to have no name as a breed. They 

 were simply bred and hunted in the family for the personal 

 pleasure of their owners. 



They are small, racily built, rather long haired, shaggy, short 

 eared black and tans. They are very speedy, are fast and wide 

 scouts, work a trail rapidly and only cry it here and there. They 

 are not mouthy on trail, but give sufficient tongue to pack. 

 Tliey are dead game and will run a fox under any conditions or 

 circumstances better than any strain of hounds I have ever 

 hunted. As a rule they have a sharp, screaming cry, both on 

 trail and when running. When running they tongue freely and 

 very fast, and with a viciousness that suggests interest. They 



