CHAPTER XIV — BREEDING (Continued). 

 Crossing for Coon Dogs. 



mY (experience has been that the cross- 

 ing of an English pointer dog and 

 American fox hound slut for 'coon 

 dogs, are the best I ever saw, writes 

 an Ohio night hunter of rare judgment and ex- 

 perience, and I will illustrate by relating the 

 accomplishments of a certain dog of the breed- 

 ing. I Avill say further that the sire of this 

 dog I mention was the most remarkable I ever 

 heard of — a fine large pointer, and often when 

 hunting quails or pheasants in the woods he 

 would bark up and had done it many times be- 

 fore they found out the cause. 



One day while hunting pheasants he began 

 to bark up a hollow beech stub, and Avhen called, 

 refused to leave his post, and his hair was 

 slightly raised, which excited the hunter's 

 curiosity and they procured an axe and felled 

 the stub. To their surprise, two large 'coons 

 came rolling out and were dispatched. This 

 solved the problem, and after that, he was the 

 cause of many 'coons losing their life, as he 

 located them in the den and trees where they 



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