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to take advantage of his speed, by crossing with 

 other strains, resulting in courage, tenacity and 

 trailing powers, very useful in several kinds 

 of hunting. 



This type of dog, either pure bred or crossed 

 lends himself readily to deer, wolf, fox or rabbit 

 chasing, and is especially successful if hunted 

 in company with good trailers. The latter start 

 the game when the grey hound goes forward and 

 effects a capture, or so interferes with progress, 

 that the other dogs come up and finish the work. 



A bit of practical talk on the subject from 

 the pen of a grey hound enthusiast is appended : 



I have alwa^^s had grey hounds. If they are 

 let run with the track hounds when they are 

 young they soon learn to take a track, run 

 away from the pack and catch the game. I have 

 some one-half grey hound and one-half blood- 

 hound or fox hound. No better dogs living. 

 Great fighters, stay as long as the game runs. 

 This kind are good bear dogs. I keep live 'coon 

 to train pups on and commence to train them at 

 4 or 5 months old. The older they get the longer 

 races I give them. 



SCOTCH DEER HOUND. 



An excellent deer hound is half scotch deer 

 hound and one-half grey hound, and I will say 

 there is no breed called stag hound, writes a 



