. The American fox-hound : embracing a history of the celebrated Trigg, Birdsong and Maupin strains . ry riding. I delight in the chase itself, and takeevery means possible to protect the game, never killing un-less fairly caught in the open by the dogs. In the North,where the red fox is more plentiful, the greater pleasure ofthe chase seems to be in shooting the game. This mode ofkilling sounds strange to the ears of the Southern is claimed that foxes are so plentiful there and change sooften on the dogs that it is difficult to kill or drive them toearth with their dogs. A few ye
. The American fox-hound : embracing a history of the celebrated Trigg, Birdsong and Maupin strains . ry riding. I delight in the chase itself, and takeevery means possible to protect the game, never killing un-less fairly caught in the open by the dogs. In the North,where the red fox is more plentiful, the greater pleasure ofthe chase seems to be in shooting the game. This mode ofkilling sounds strange to the ears of the Southern is claimed that foxes are so plentiful there and change sooften on the dogs that it is difficult to kill or drive them toearth with their dogs. A few years ago, I received a letterfrom a gentleman north of the Ohio, who claims to be a greatlover of the chase and advertises his strain of dogs exten-sively. In replying to him, I made inquiry as to his mode ofhunting, whether his country was a good one to ride over,and did he .have horses that were trained to take to my inquiry he said that be usually hunted in ubuggy. I dropped his letter in the waste-basket and neverreplied. Only an octogenarian could be excused for such THE AMERICAN FOX-HOUND. 19 OLD AND MODERN HOUNDS. From 1845 to 1800 I owned a pack of those grand oldiong-eared, rat-tail, deep-toned, black-and-tan Virginia, foxhounds. In those happy, bygone days I could on a moon-light night ride to the covert side, throw my leg over thepommel of my saddle and listen for hours to the most magnifi-cent music made by the ever-to-be-remembered dogs. But, alas, everything must have an end. In 1860 the redfox first made his advent into my section and the days of thesedogs were ended. The coming of the red fox made a greatchange in the chase. The most important thing was to geta dog thai could successfully walk with him. With me itrequired years of work, patience, considerable expense, anda world of trouble to gather the desired pack. I am now onthe shady side of life and will soon have to bow to the inevit-able. That my strain of dogs, of which I feel a
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