. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 6i8 Some American Sporting Dogs. i-: U The fox appears to have been only a "bagman," and the hounds a scrub pack selected for the occasion. I have been writing now only of the hound as he is used in fox-hunting; in almost every sec- tion of the country where deer are found the fox-hound is used for hunting them. Here speed is most desirable, as the hunter does not expect to follow his dogs, but takes his station by some run-way or pond
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. 6i8 Some American Sporting Dogs. i-: U The fox appears to have been only a "bagman," and the hounds a scrub pack selected for the occasion. I have been writing now only of the hound as he is used in fox-hunting; in almost every sec- tion of the country where deer are found the fox-hound is used for hunting them. Here speed is most desirable, as the hunter does not expect to follow his dogs, but takes his station by some run-way or pond where the deer is almost sure to pass. Great strength is also a capital quality, as a buck at bay is no mean antagonist, and a first-class deer-hound should not only possess the intelligence but the ability to catch a deer by the hind leg and throw KABniT-IllNriNG WITH BKAGLES. Fox-hounds, generally mongrels, are also used for hunting rab- bits (hares) in this country; but a much more valuable dog for this purpose, and one which is fast coming in demand, is the little beagle, a miniature fox-hound, being from ten to twelve inches only in height at the shoulder. Merry workers they are, and to see a pack of them working on the scent of a hare (for we have no true rabbits, wild, in this country) is worth going miles to sec. I am astonished that some gentlemen do not get together a pack of beagles. They can be followed on foot, and there are numbers of placets within an hour or two's ride of New York where hares can be fountl in ample quantities for sport. Somewhat similar to the beagle, in size at least, although they differ in having crooked fore-legs, is the dachs- hund, a dog of German extraction. (John Ph(enix .said of some one bred in a like manner, that his father was a 1 )utchman and his mother .i tluchess,) Dr. Twaddell, of Philadelphia, has some of pure breed, tile finest in this country. As a rule, however, nowadays, when one speaks of a sporting dog, he is gene
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