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our slow packs in the neighborhood and how we 

 swell up and think we can best anybody until we 

 get away from home and get that bubble pricked. 



Other qualifications as to form and shape. 

 A dog should be compact enough to be strong. 

 He should be just as long as he can be to gather 

 quicklj^ A dog too long turning on all kinds 

 of ground is like a horse with a very long stride 

 trying to go fast on a short track. His stride 

 is too long for the lay of the ground. Another 

 qualification and not in the least, — is voice. 

 The dog t]mt has no voice holds not the highest 

 place in his owner's pride. A good hound, one 

 prized hy his owner and loved by the lover of the 

 chase must do three things at once, run fast, 

 carry the trail and tongue well. These requisi- 

 tions make a good fox dog and if his shape and 

 symmetry is good, he is a valued dog. 



Breeders should look to it that these quali- 

 ties are bred for at tlie sacrifice of everything 

 else. There may be places, especially in very 

 hilly country, that a small hound is best. In 

 this section, give me a good, medium large dog, 

 say from 22 to 24 inches at shoulder and built 

 in proportion with from IG to 18 inches earage. 

 Color is a matter of taste. I believe that our 

 English cousins breed them so straight that the 

 spots and marlis are stamped on all alike. I 

 have heard it said so much that a stranger could 



