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foots around trying to find every track a 'coon 

 makes, but keeps on finding ahead anywhere 

 from a hundred yards to a quarter of a mile. 

 That kind of a dog keeps you awake when cold 

 trailing, and is apt to warm up at any time. 



A Western tonguer adherent says : For 

 'coon I like the cold trailer that lets you know 

 where he is going, and don't believe they will 

 hole any sooner for him than a still trailer, and 

 I never saw a full blooded hound still track. 

 My hounds give a long whoop every few rods on 

 cold trail, and will ^'back brush" a 'coon or wolf 

 that is many hours old but will find him, and 

 you can follow up so as to keep in hearing. My 

 dogs are quite fast but I do not go back on a 

 moderately slow dog to shoot after. I think 

 they circle better. 



Fromi Indian Territory comes this addition 

 to the testimony : The thoroughbred hound for 

 'coon is my view after 40 years' experience. A 

 good many are giving their idea as to which is 

 best, the still trailer or the dog that gives tongue. 

 I have never known a thoroughbred hound fail 

 to give tongue on trail. The thoroughbred has 

 the greatest powers of scent and this is very 

 important as you do not have to travel so much 

 ground to find a trail that he can run. What 

 we want when we go after 'coon is to start and 

 catch all we can. If we cannot start one we 



