136 HUNTING DOGS. 



half hound, one fourth rat terrier and one- 

 fourth Scotch collie or shepherd or fox hound 

 and beagle. 



Says another : A hound to be a fine ranger 

 does not require many years of training if he 

 comes from a sire and dam that T\'ere both good 

 rangers and Avhich tlieir own sire and dam and 

 grand sire and grand dam Avere all good and 

 highl}^ trained dogs. He is sure to hang from 

 them and any sportsman having dogs of that 

 strain will enjoy the use of his dog at once, but 

 where it takes three or five seasons and some- 

 times more to make a good dog, is when they 

 come from exhibition stock or from stock that 

 have never been broken right. If a hound is 

 wrongly taught to hunt he will always be a 

 crazy dog and will, if bred, give poor hunters 

 exactly like himself. 



An Ohio Fox Hunter goes on record thus: 

 In breeding hounds some seem to expect great 

 work on any line they wish to see the hound, 

 not stopping to think eA^erything to its kind and 

 everything to be perfect must be true to his 

 nature. The bloodhound is true to his nature 

 with reasonable opportunity. He is a man 

 trailer, a large, strong dog, built for strength 

 and endurance but not for fleetness which all 

 breeders concede the 'coon dog should be built 

 upon. Strong in my opinion with strong jaws, 



