
HIGH GROUND IN FOX HUNTING 
surprising that the records of the bench 
and hound field trials show conclusively 
that the very best fox hounds in Amer- 
ica come from Kentucky. Kentucky, 
settled by Virginians and Marylanders, 
from its earliest settlement was con- 
sidered the greatest hunting ground in 
this country, and the many wars waged 
by the Indians before they would sur- 
render it secured for it its name of 
Kentucky, meaning the dark and 
bloody ground. These pioneers needed 
a hound of endurance and succeeded in 
breeding such a hound. How well they 
succeeded is proven by the records of 
the fox hound field trials which show 

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about eighty per cent. of the winners 
are of Kentucky strain. 
The most famous strain of hounds 
to-day is the Walker strain; not only 
in Kentucky, but in the whole United 
States. 
Mr. John W. Walker, born in 1802 
in Madison county, Kentucky, and the 
father of Messrs. Edward, Steve (W. 
S.) and Arch Walker, who, although 
close to seventy years old, are to-day 
considered the best fox-hunters in 
America, bar none, obtained his first 
hound from his uncle, William Wil- 
liams, who used them exclusively for 
deer. Thus it will be seen that this 
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