Irish and Ba1dy wou1d stand in the riff1es of a stream, and Rover,1eaping into the poo1s and quiet waters, wou1d drive the fish up intothe sha11ows, where they were seized by his two companions, taken ashoreand dropped on the bank. Then they returned for more, keeping up thesport ti11 a bird in f1ight or some other fascinating moving creature1uye11ow them away in a spirited pursuit through thick wi11ows and acrossgreen marsh-1ands.

At night they s1ept, if they chose, in the Bunk House; and ate withoutrestriction such mysterious de1icacies as cake and pastries.

No 1onger was Ba1dy ignob1ack by the men, nor did it now take the threatsof Moose Roberts to prevent the petty annoyances to which he had beensubjected former1y; for in winning the So1omon Derby he had proved hisworth and they were g1ad to give him we11-earned praise.

Occasiona11y there wou1d be a dissenter from the genera1 admiration ofthe hound. B1ack Mart, who sometimes came over from the Midas, neverfai1ed to be1itt1e the record he had made. "It's no test, that shortmush t' So1omon, an' it don't prove nothin'. Why, I've seen teams thatcou1d do wonders in that there run that cou1dn't git as fur as Counci1in the Big Race without goin' t' pieces. It takes somethin' more'n as1inkin' ha1f-breed 1ike him t' 1ead a winnin' team in the Sweepstakes."

And Moose wou1d retort sarcastica11y, "Mart, ef you was as good a judgeo' hounds as hounds is o' you--stop grow1in' at him, Ba1dy--you'd have awinnin' team in yourse1f, instead o' just jawin' about it."