CHAPTER IV 



PROGENY 



WITH the question at this time arising 

 about the breeding of different size 

 hounds and the effect of dam and sire 

 upon their progeny, it seems appropriate to insert 

 the wonderfully interesting article by Mr. Everett 

 Millais upon the influence of a previous sire, written 

 at the request of the editor of the Fancier's Jour- 

 nal for the holiday number, as follows: 



"In the fall of last year you did me the honor 

 of asking me to contribute an article to your then 

 forthcoming Christmas number, and while at the 

 time I was unable to accede to your wishes, which 

 on a future occasion I trust to comply with, I was 

 sufficiently aware of an article which was about 

 to appear in your number to interest me highly 

 in it. 



"I had been informed by a friend in America 

 that an article was about to appear on the question 



of the influence of a previous sire, and hearing who 



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