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lack of food. As for a quitter, in my opinion a 

 vast majority of tljem have never commenced, not 

 because thej bad a ^'yellow streak," as most 

 hunters say, but because like the Irishman's pig, 

 they have too many streaks of lean. As your 

 dog is a better friend to you than most people 

 of the J. Sneakum caliber, why not treat him 

 right? 



In some journals there is considerable criti- 

 cism and complaints, and sometimes one feels 

 like steering shy of many advertisements of fox 

 hounds. One publication invites all persons to 

 inform its editor where any dog has been mis- 

 represented and sold through its columns. No 

 doubt in many instances it may be the fault of 

 the purchaser handling a strange dog. I pur- 

 chased a dog that followed at my heels for sev- 

 eral trips and would not leave me until one day 

 he put his nose in a fresh trail. The other dog 

 was out of hearing when he went out in a good 

 race, tongueing in good shape, and was a No. 1 

 fox hound. 



When a sportsman wishes to purchase a 

 strange hound if he desires to get a good one he 

 must pay the price and the way for him to not 

 be fooled is to deposit his money at the express 

 office and then have the dog sent on trial and if 

 not satisfactory, he returns the dog and pays the 

 express charges one w^ay. This is the only safe 



