200 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



something like a brush, in many superior specimens. I 

 think it might be bred finer with advantage. 



The stifle is well bent, and the hock placed near the 

 ground; but the leg, as compared with some breeds, rather 

 straight I think, in some cases, a little too straight. 



It is upon the outlines suggested by these remarks that 

 I would advise selections for the breeding-stud. In the 

 matter of color, we are fancy free. The best Hounds I 

 ever knew were black-and-tan, and that is a beautiful 

 color. The best Hound I know of at present is a lemon- 

 and- white. The old so-called "blue-mottled" Hounds 

 were beautiful. On a clear blue (not a black and white 

 mixture) ground-color were fancifully arranged spots of 

 black,, yellow, and white. If the spot around either eye 

 was blue or white, that eye was blue; the other eye being 

 in a dark spot, was dark, or in a yellow spot, yellow. I 

 have seen good Hounds of a solid yellow, or yellow with 

 white feet and a white streak in the face. Color may be 

 to suit taste. 



The standard by which Foxhounds are judged at our 

 bench shows is as follows: 



Value. Value. 



Head 15 Elbows r> 



Neck 5 Legs and feet 20 



Shoulders 10 Color and coat 5 



Chest and back ribs 10 Stern 5 



Back and loin 10 Symmetry 5 



Hind quarters 10 



Total 100 



The head (value 15) should be of full size, but by no 

 means heavy. Brow pronounced, but not high or sharp. 

 There must be good length and breadth, sufficient to give in 

 the dog Hound a girth in front of the ears of fully sixteen 

 inches. The nose should be long (four and one-half inches) 

 and wide, with open nostrils. Ears set on low and lying 

 close to the cheeks. 



The neck (value 5) must be long and clean, without the 

 slightest throatiness. It should taper nicely from the 

 shoulders to the head, and the upper outline should be 

 slightly convex. 



