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what will suit one class of hound will not suit 

 another, and vice versa. If I had to make my 

 choice, I should either go in for the old-fashioned 

 pied hound, belonging to Devonshire, in height 

 about 19-20 inches, and stick to the same blood, 

 or, and preferably to my way of thinking, the pure 

 foxhound blood as it is to be found in the Harrier 

 Stud Book, that has now been hunting hare for 

 several generations, and last, but not least, I should 

 avoid crossing the two strains. 



I have heard men advise the use of a sire of fox- 

 hound blood to improve the Devonshire harrier. I 

 think this is a mistake, as you get neither one thing 

 or the other. Perhaps one cross may put more sub- 

 stance and stamina into the blood, but it will make 

 the next three or four generations come uneven, some 

 following the foxhound and some the harrier, which 

 upsets the entry, unless many puppies are bred, and 

 there is a large selection. 



There are a few packs hunting hare composed 

 entirely of draft foxhound bitches. Being drafted 

 for size, they are often very smart, and this is 

 certainly the easiest and cheapest way to get a nice 

 looking pack together. The result in work is not 

 always very satisfactory, and it must be surely better 

 in everyway to breed your own hounds than have a 

 pack composed entirely of drafts from other kennels. 



Coming to the illustrations, I have been able 

 to obtain a good natural photograph of Col. Aik- 



