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FRANK FORESTER’S FIELD SPORTS. 
There is nothing of fair play about it. Jt is a dirty advan¬ 
tage taken of the stupidity of the animals; and, apart from its 
manifest danger, ought to be discountenanced. 
The last mode of Deer-hunting to which I shall allude, is what 
is called in some of the Western States—in which there are large 
tracts of wide prairie land, dotted with clumps or islands of 
brushwood and timber—bouncing them. This is done by driving 
them, by means of an old slow hound, into the open, and then 
pursuing them by relays of horsemen, in the hope of getting a 
shot. 
A far finer sport, and one for the neglect of which I cannot 
account, would be to slip a brace or a leash of good Greyhounds 
on them, the*instant of their breaking covert. I do not doubt 
in the least that high-bred dogs would run jnto them, after a 
course of a mile or two over the open, than which I can con¬ 
ceive no sport more exciting, no sight more beautiful. 
But, should the common Greyhound prove too weak to pull 
them down, which I do not believe would be the case, the rough 
Scottish Deer-greyhound would do so undoubtedly, and, more¬ 
over, uniting scent to speed, would hunt the Hart down, should 
he run out of view. 
The Scottish Deer-hound, or Streaker, as he is sometimes 
called, is a cross-bred, not an original dog; and may be bred 
thus :— 
To a very large Foxhound bitch—black and tan, if possible— 
put a tall, high-bred Greyhound dog; to the best bitch pup of 
the litter, put a Newfoundland dog,—or, better yet, if you can 
find one, a rough-haired Colley, or Scottish sheep-dog ; again, 
to the best bitch pup of this litter, put a tall, high-bred Grey¬ 
hound dog. The result of this fourth cross will be a very tall 
and powerful litter of dogs, possessing almost all the speed, 
with the form and grace, of the Greyhound, the shaggy hair of 
the rough breed, and the scent and indomitable courage of the 
Foxhound. I would rather have two couple of such dogs for 
sporting in the Far West, than the best pack of hounds that ever 
opened on game. 
