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hound. That is a good, fast and reliable trailer, 

 one that will stay with the trail, cold or hot, and 

 never think of giving up until asked to. One 

 that will bark treed on a cold trail just the same 

 as if he had run him up a sight chase. One that 

 should he in cold trailing run across a hot trail 

 and tree, will after catching go and take up cold 

 trail again and tree. 



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When it comes to large hounds for coon, 

 fox, etc., a cross of the right kind of American 

 fox hounds and the right kind of blood hounds 

 fills the bill to perfection. The blood hound has 

 the keenest scent of any dog living. The Ameri- 

 can fox hound has the speed. If a man has a 

 combination of the two he is starting on the 

 right trail. I prefer a fox hound bitch bred to 

 bloodhound dog. How many ever saw a thor- 

 oughbred bloodhound? They are a heavy built 

 hound, medium size hea^w head, long ears, 

 square deep muzzle, with heavy rolls of wrinkles 

 on head just over the eyes, which gives him a 

 surly look. I have seen what were called and 

 sold for bloodliounds to a sheriff to trail man. 

 They would trail fairly well, but they came a 

 long ways from being thoroughbred blood- 

 hounds. Any hound trained when young can be 

 taught to trail man or beast. 



Hunters differ as to the kind of dog to use 



