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good size and a good muzzle, a good scent with 

 as much speed and determination as you can 

 inject into their blood. 



I am now speaking of coon dogs. They may 

 be bred almost any way and yet be good coon 

 dogs but I find it is just as necessary to have 

 them bred from coon hunting stock as for any 

 dog or animal to be trained for any specific or 

 especial purpose. It must be bred Avith that ob- 

 ject in view and as much of that blood and dis- 

 position injected into the veins as is possible to 

 get. 



The fox hound is a special or specific type 

 or breed of dog. He is bred for it, built for it, 

 trained for it and if a true type of hound, is it. 

 Not all well bred dogs are fox dogs nor are all 

 well bred horses fast. Only one in many. But 

 in order to have grounds to expect speed, we 

 must have breeding, as the saying goes, ^'Blood 

 T\dll tell.'' Some are daffy on pedigree, others 

 must have everything registered, others ask only 

 for the swing and stajdng qualities of their an- 

 cestors, etc. 



All breeds of hounds have some worthless, 

 yet some may be fairh^ good along some particu- 

 lar line and very much at fault in others. Some 

 have speed but cannot be got to use it, will not 

 get in with a pack and run to a finish. Some 

 will run with a slow pack all right but put them 



