THE HOUNDS 



So musical a discord, such sweet thunder. 



Midsummer Night's Dream, 



The Modern Foxhound ^:^ o 



A Description 



HE stands not less than twenty-three, and not 

 more than twenty-four inches high. He has 

 a lean head, rather conical than flat, with a delicately 

 chiselled muzzle ; dark, full, luminous eyes, de- 

 noting keenness and intelligence ; close-lying ears, 

 small and pointed. His long neck, with the line 

 of the throat quite clean, is supported by sloping 

 shoulders, at the foremost point of which his fore- 

 legs are set on, with knees near to the ground, plumb 

 straight whether viewed from the side or the front. 

 His feet are round without being fleshy, with the 

 toes close together. His fore-ribs are deep, but not 

 so widely sprung as to push his shoulders forward. 

 The upward curve of the under-line is not unduly 

 pronounced, even when he has not been fed for 

 twenty-four hours. His muscular back is flat and 

 straight right up to the point where his feathery 

 and delicately curved stem is set on. The thighs 

 are wide and muscular, supported by straight hocks 

 near to the ground like his knees. His coat is 

 smooth, glossy, and so supple that you can pick 

 up a handful of it from his back and see it glide 

 back into its place the moment it is released. 

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