114 HUNTING DOGS. 



an extra slow trailer, for I do not, but I want 

 him to be steady, and when he has a trail he can 

 work it fast. This is my kind of a dog for coon, 

 but he would not be in it with an up to date fox 

 hound on a fox chase, but running fox and coon 

 are different, and 1 want a different kind of a 

 hound. 4fr ^ ^ 



We have made a success in raising bear 

 hounds, and find the only way to get a good pup 

 with the hunting habit, is to haye it bred in them 

 first, says a California Brother. One has to have 

 good parent hounds, and while the mother dog 

 is carrying the pups she must be worked on what- 

 ever you want your pups to run. For instance, 

 we have a black and tan long eared bitch, bred 

 her to a good hound, one quarter stag. Before 

 she had these puppies we caught three bears 

 with others, letting her get in and fight hard. 



These puppies when a month old would 

 crawl on a bear hide rug, chew and shake at it, 

 and when three months old, would track, bark 

 and fight. Now they are five months old and 

 know considerable about it. We treed an old 

 bear, and these pups kept right on and treed two 

 cubs, and barked up and stayed until we found 

 them after we had the old one skinned and cut 

 up. They have the instinct in them, and are 

 beauties with just enough stag in them to have 

 a good crop of whiskers. 



