160 HUNTING DOGS. 



cannot catch liim, sure. I liave followed behind 

 over the same ground Avith my hound that 

 another party had been over with their still 

 trailers and caught more -coon than they. 



And again if you are out on a Avindy night 

 and your still trailer gets a 'coon treed to the 

 windward of you, you might as well go home as 

 there Avill be no more fun for you if he is a 

 good tree dog. 



Now just one thing more in regard to still 

 trailers catching 'coon on the ground. That has 

 not been my experience, for you all knoAv Avhen 

 3 ou go a rabbit hunting with a still trailer, how 

 soon the rabbit wall hole. He has no warning 

 Avhere the dog is, so in trailing 'coon, the 'coon 

 will wait and listen to the hound and if he is a 

 fast runner, Mr. 'Coon has waited too long. He 

 must make for the nearest tree or get caught. 

 With the still trailer, the 'coon hears the leaves 

 and brush snapping and without any more warn- 

 ing makes for his home tree. 



Hundreds of hunters take this view, that is, 

 favor the dog which barks from the time he takes 

 up the trail. The principal advantage as has 

 been pointed out, is that the hound and hunter 

 may thus keep in closer touch, and that the 

 hunter is treated to "music," so sweet to the ear 

 of the average enthusiast. 



