120 HUNTING DOGg. 



hog or horse. If you want to make a good race 

 with your dog, keep him tied two or three days 

 before you intend to run him, feed him corn 

 bread (well baked) and sweet milk. If you run 

 at night, give yoiir dog a good feed at noon and 

 yery little at night when you start, and if your 

 hound has the ^'stuff-- in him he is good for all 

 night. 



It think rotten meat will affect the smelling 

 of a dog as well as heat them up, so they can't 

 make a good race. To let your dog run loose 

 until you are ready for a chase, where he can 

 find slop and such stuff to be filled up on, and 

 haye your friend meet you with his hounds in 

 fine shape and lead your hound all the time, well 

 you know how you would feel. 



Some say you must haye it bred in a hound 

 to run. That is all true enough, but a well bred 

 hound with all grit can't make a good race if 

 he isn't in shape to do it. 



The foregoing is borne out and added detail 

 giyen in tlie following contribution from New 

 York State : 



I find that fox hounds which I feed on old 

 stinking pork or stinking meat of any kind are 

 quite stupid and yery careless about hunting. 

 They cannot keep on the trail, neither do they 

 wish to run fast or continue running long. Old 



