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is what an old -coon will often do with a noisy 

 dog, but with a swift and silent one he will have 

 to climb at once and stay there. 



Another telling stroke for silence : Regard- 

 ing silent trailers : By silent trailer I mean 

 a dog that will not tongue the very instant he 

 finds an old trail when there is yet some scent, 

 but that will work it quietly until he starts the 

 game. I have often seen hounds roar on an 

 old scent as well as on a new one. These dogs 

 have generall}^ a special gait, which they keep 

 steady whether the trail is cold or hot, and give 

 the full cry the whole time, and also often come 

 to a full stop to blast away a few louder roars. 

 These dogs dwell too long on the scent for me. 

 My strain of dogs will open only when they are 

 on a hot scent; if cold, they will cover the 

 ground silently and fast. 



A swift dog cannot keep up the full cry, 

 but will give a roar now and then and not bark 

 often as it takes a lot of wind to roar. There- 

 fore, a dog cannot be a flyer and a roarer in the 

 meantime, and a deer, fox, lynx or 'coon, chased 

 b}^ a fleet and silent dog as above mentioned, v> ill 

 have to point at once for safety, and ^^ill ba«^e 

 no spare time for tricks. The lynx or 'coon a\ ill 

 have to climb in a hurry the first tree he finds, 

 while with a noisy dog Mr. 'Coon will cominence 

 with his tricks as soon as he will hear the music, 



