INTRODUCTION 



and they are far from uncommon, no wonder the 

 average member of an otter-hunting field prefers 

 the foxhound. Any M.O.H. can get draft fox- 

 hounds, and frequently get them as a gift — hounds 

 that have been the best of fox-hunters and fox- 

 catchers, but have got too slow or for any of a 

 dozen other reasons are unable to run up to the 

 pace of a modern foxhound pack. These draft 

 hounds know all about hunting, and only want 

 entering to their new quarry to make most 

 excellent otter-hunting hounds at a minimum of 

 expense and trouble. 



But if an M.O.H. breeds otterhounds on the 

 same lines that foxhounds are bred, breeds by 

 selection, breeds each year enough puppies to get 

 a big enough young entry the following year — 

 big enough not only to be able to put down 

 immediately any physical crock that may come 

 in, but big enough to allow for drafting a certain 

 number — during and at the end of their first 

 season you can have, in my humble opinion, a 

 pack of pure-bred otterhounds, not only not 



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