I40 The Sporting Dog 



What is necessary to produce this result ? 



1. Uniformity of size; and of color if you 

 want a beautiful pack ; medium size preferred ; 

 drafting out the old and slow hounds annually 

 and keeping those of special merit to train the 

 young hounds in the early fall. 



2. Good conformation and good feet. 



3. Good nose and tongue. 



4. Well-disciplined hounds that will not run 

 riot, keen to work and quick to get away on the 

 fox, and with endurance to last out the run as long 

 as the fox stays above ground. 



5. Hounds that will trot home with the hunts- 

 men at the end of the day with their sterns up, 

 feet well, and be ready for the morrow. 



Now, how would you go about obtaining a pack 

 of hounds to produce this result ; and a pack that 

 would produce its like from year to year.? 



Let us suppose that you wanted to race horses, 

 what would you do? Only one answer. You 

 would purchase from the best families of thorough- 

 breds that your purse could command. The fox- 

 hound has been bred with care for a longer time 

 than the thoroughbred horse. It has been devel- 

 oped to a greater degree of perfection and 

 uniformity. Its pedigree antedates that of the 

 thoroughbred horse. There is no more reason 

 why you should use any other than the thor- 

 oughbred hound for the chase than why you 



