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never gave tongue after anytliing when was on a horse but a fox. 

 I never saw her lie down in the woods or when on a hunt. I 

 never saw her carry her tail down. She would not bark at a 

 hole or work at one. She never wanted to be fondled. She 

 would not touch a fox if another dog caught it. If she caught 

 one herself, and another dog touclied it, she would loose it and 

 walk off and have nothing more to do with it. She would not 

 lie on the ground, but would get on a plank or up in a chair. I 

 have often seen her lying on a big rail on top of the fence like a 

 cat. She was never out of a race, and never failed to go to the 

 hole or death. She would never give tongue unless leading, and 

 would never eat anything thrown lier on the ground. I never 

 expect to see her like again." 



It will be seen from the foregoing letter of Col. Lewis, that 

 the Wild Goose strain dates back about fifty years, that the old 

 Virginia hound was the foundation blood, upon which various 

 crosses, English, Birdsong from Georgia, Irish or July from 

 Maryland, a North Carolina strain, probably Byron, and finally 

 Maupin-Robertson or Goodman from Kentucky, were made, 

 producing Fleet and Raum, the progenitors of Callie Gates, and 

 the present type of the strain. 



