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before and work it out inch by inch for six or 

 eight hours if necessary. They get absolutely 

 no assistance from the hunter and have no one 

 to rely upon but themselves. I have known 

 instances where a single hound would slip away 

 from home, travel eight or ten miles to where 

 he had previously run a fox, find an old trail, 

 and work it diligently for fifteen or twenty 

 hours. 



No animal is called upon to perform harder 

 feats than is the Foxhound, and none excel or 

 equal them in ability and willingness to per- 

 form them. As proficiency in other arts is 

 attained only by close application and constant 

 practice, so the art, for surely it is an art, of 

 breaking and training a Foxhound requires not 

 only these but a large fund of love and a mu- 

 tual bond of sympathy and understanding be- 

 tween man and hound. 



The trainer having the requisite keenness 

 'and perseverance, combined with kindness and 

 quick observance of the nature and disposition 

 of hounds, can produce surprising results. 

 Unfortunately few trainers or hunters possess 

 sufficient knowledge of hound characteristics or 

 the unlimited stock of patience necessary to per- 

 fect a hound to the proper degree of efficiency. 

 A successful hunter or trainer should have in- 



