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fourths fox hound, one-fourth bull dog. He was 

 very fast Avith a good nose and a wide hunter. 

 lie never struck a. cold trail and went straight 

 ahead all the time. He has started a 'coon half 

 a mile away from me and would go right out of 

 hearing of me, and I would follow the way T 

 would judge the 'coon to travel and would bo 

 hours finding him barking treed. If he had been 

 a mute trailer I would have left him in the 

 woods without the slightest idea where he was 

 and that is no fun when you have gone three or 

 four miles walk from home to get a 'coon chase. 



Another brother puts it this way : Some 

 hunters prefer a still trailer on a cold trail. I 

 have handled both kinds but it is an advantage 

 to the hunter in keeping in touch with his hf^und 

 if the hound Avill "wind his horn" occasionally 

 on a cold trail for very often a wide hound will 

 travel a couple of miles on a cold trail before 

 starting the game. In Avindy weather, tlio 

 hunters might be at a loss to know in which di- 

 rection his dog was working, if he did not hear 

 him. I like a dog with a loud, clear voice and 

 one that keeps the music going steady once the 

 game is afoot." 



Still another gives voice to his sentiment 

 thus : I want a good tonguer, one that will give 

 me no trouble in keeping the direction they are 

 going. One that is a courser, that is, that never 



