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of Americau kind, and with a docked trigger stem. He was 

 very black all all over except lower part of legs and feet which 

 were rich tan, and tan spots over eyes. His coat was short, but 

 strong and covered well. His action was quick, springy, and 

 showed power and litheness. He was a wide, galloping hunter, 

 fast trailer, swinging in circles at a loss the same as in driving, 

 but it was in driving a hot scent that he was seen at his best. 

 Here he had no equal at the time he ran in the field trials of the 

 Brunswick Foxhound Club. At the second annual trials of this 

 club. Great Island, Me., 1890, he won first in speed and driving 

 in the all-age stake, though only a puppy. At the third annual 

 trials, Princeton, Mass., 1891, where I was chairman of judges, 

 he won highest general average in the all -age stake. During 

 these trials when one one of the hottest hunts was on, some one 

 shot at and slightly wounded the fox, then about two hundred 

 yards ahead of Clinker, who was leading the pack by at least an 

 eighth of a mile. I happened to be near where the shot was 

 fired, and i-an to the place to find Clinker baying the fox, which 

 was backed against a tree. When I came up the fox started to 

 run and Clinker caught and killed him before any other hound 

 came up. This fine hound was bred to many New England 

 bitches but the crosses failed to produce notable progeny. 



The fame of these hounds induced many notable sportsmen to 

 visit them, and that premier sportsman of America, Mr. Thomas 

 Hitchcock, Jr., bought a half interest in them and removed 

 them for some years during the hunting season to Aiken, S. C, 

 where they gave admirable sport for years. Mr. Hitchcock 

 finally drew out of the partnership, and started the Aiken 

 Hounds, his individual pack. The pack is now owned I am told 

 by Mr. H. B. Duryea and Mr. J. M. Avent, and is kept at 

 Hickory Valley, Tennessee, where many of America's best 

 hunting men ride to them in season. 



THE WILD GOOSE STRAIN. 



By A. C. Heffenger, M. D. 



One of the most popular strains of foxliounds which America 

 has evolved is that known now as the Wild Goose. Though ex- 

 isting for many years in Tennessee and the South, the first speci- 

 mens found their way into New England in the eighties, and 



