The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-16
THE English FOX HOUND
Is sMore Courageous and Strong
er Than the American Dog.
HUNTS MAINLY BY SIGHT.
English Hunters Have Developed spe.
cies to Suit Conditions in Eng
Iand--Amerlcan Has Tongue and
Scents His Game to Perfection
System Of interbreedina.

Scents His Game to Perfection
System Of interbreeding.
It is not surprising to learn that
the test made in Virginia to dscov-
er which was the better breed OF fox
hounds, the American or the English,
served no practical purpose and left
the question which has been disturb
ing huntsmen for twenty-five years
just where 1t was before.
There are many men in the vicinity
of Philadelphia who know great deal
about American soil and those Of old
England, the home Of this magnificent
sport of hunting Reynard with q bay
ing pack, splendid hunter who
will take hedge like the wind and
while they watched the test with inter-
est because IL was the first time Amer
lea had been pitted against England
in that way, they laughed when it was
over, and like the woman some philos-
opher wrote about who was convinc-
ed against her will, remained Of the
same opinion still.
Although the immediate result OF
the two packs from different countries
| was a decision in favor of the Ameri-
can animal, the adherents of the
hound Americana took no glory
| from it, while the lovers OF English
dogs, after pointing out the various
difficulties which handicapped their
fayorite bsa@5, were prone to de-
clare that up to the last day of the
rest nobody knew which set Of
dogs had won because Of the good
showing of both.
Many Americans assert that the
| English hound does not give tongue
when on the trail Of fox, so as to
be heard any distance. while the
| American hound has voice like fog
horn and he uses it. English hounds
are nOt as good on the scent they say.
as the American dogs, and they have
many traits which are the develop.
ments of the country in which they
live which render them useless for use
I'm this rugged country.
He may do very well in the gardens
Of England where they hunt foxes by
sight, but he will not do here be-
cause he is mute.
well known hound trainer says:
Eighteen years ago we brought over
TO Richmond County, Staten Island,
forty Of the best English hounds from
Meadowbrook and Hathaway Kennels.
and they proved worthless. They ran
with low murmur and we lost them
In the woods.
Charles f. Mather who loves the
English hound, was delighted with tn,
outcome of the test" in Virginia, al
| though II was not won by his fav-
orlte breed.
"They were working In a different
climate from their own. The Eng
llsh climate Is moist, and Hhe Virgin
ian climate is dry. Now, everyone
knows that pack Of hounds trained tc
follow heavy scent, such as hangs
in moist soil, will not do as we'll as
another pack trained in the pursuit OF
a light scent in our dry climate.
In the old country they have nc
thick woodland which they cannot ride
through like We have here, conse
quently they have for hundreds OF
years bred dogs without respect fol
their voices, and when we import the
English dog and work him in America
we find that their voices are too light
When they go through the woods after
the fox and we make a detour of miles
to ride around that woods we lose the
hounds because we cannot hear them
cover in England, owing to the land
conditions, they hunt foxes differently
The country, for the most part, is op.
en-. and one can see the fox as he runs
When the fox loses the pack, as h,
clevery does, many times, the hunters
have trained their animals to run back
to the horses and have the riders tel
them which way 20 go.
we cannot do that In America. w,
cannot see Mr.. Fox at all and 1t IL
strictly up to the dog. We want then
A., to spread out and look for the trail
and not come trolling in looking TO
us. SO you see we have to deyelOl
our own kind Of dogs in this country
The English dogs will not do,
yet, there are great many fin
traits about an English pack. They
are more courageous than our hounds
and stronger in build and legs, We i'm
port good blood every year, but no
from the middle country OF England
We get our stock from Fife, in Scot
land, because there the climate ant
landscape. with its ruggedness anC
woodland depths, more nearly ap
proaches our own country. The basi
stock, of course, is the original Amer
lean hound. He has the sense 4
spread out when he "loses," and hi
voice is stentorian. What he needs Il
strength and courage. and THE dogs o
Fife have that"
The fact remains, it would seem
that since a pack of hounds are bret
to do the same work--trailing the 70,
and since they do this work unde
different conditions in England an
in America that the only reasonable
answer to the question is that Eng
! lish hounds are best for English hunt
: ing and American hounds are bes
for America.
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