60 British Dogs. 



Among the best bloodhounds that have been exhibited, I may 

 enumerate Major J. A. Cowan's Druid, Dauntless, Dingle, Draco ; Mr. 

 T. A. Jennings's Druid; Mr. C. E. Holford's Regent, Matchless, and 

 Trimbush ; Mr. E. Reynolds Ray's Roswell, Baron, and Baroness ; 

 Mr. Edwin Brough's Rufus; Sir Fowell-Buxton's Luath, and Capt. 

 Clayton's Luath; and those now (1878) that take the lead at our 

 exhibitions are Mr. Bird's Brutus; Capt. J. W. Clayton's Luath XI., 

 too pale coloured for modern fancy, but a grand hound, with a long, 

 deep, narrow head, peaked skull, and abundance of flew, wrinkles, and 

 dewlap ; Mr. Leger G. Morrell's Rollo, rich in colour, and grand in 

 head; Mr. Mark Beaufoy's Merton ; Mr. Herbert Singer's Judge, a 

 stout built, dark coloured, and excellent young hound ; and Mrs. 

 Humphries' Don, without exception the finest made specimen of the 

 breed I have seen, full of quality, with all the special attributes of the 

 bloodhound well developed, although the skull is neither quite so narrow 

 or peaked as in some of his competitors. 



Of first-class bitches, Mr. J. C. Tinker's Dido, I think, ranks the 

 highest, and her success in the show ring has been uninterrupted. Mr. 

 Johnstone Auld's Harmony, Dr. Forbes Winslow's Bell, and Mrs. 

 Humphries' s Haidee, are also magnificent hounds of the true type. 



Through the courtesy of their owners, I am enabled to give particulars 

 of measurements of some of the above-mentioned hounds, which will be 

 of use for comparison with others. 



Mrs. Humphries' s Don : Age, 4| years ; length from nose to set on of 

 tail, 49in. ; length of tail, 18in. ; girth of chest, 35in. ; girth of loin, 

 29fin. ; girth of head, 18in ; girth of forearm, 8|in. ; length of head 

 from occiput to tip of nose, 13in. ; ears from tip to tip, 27|in. ; each 

 ear, 9|in. ; between ears, 8Jin. ; depth of flews, 6iin. 



Mr. J. T. Tinker's Dido : Age, 1 year 7* months ; weight, 871b. ; 

 height at shoulder, 25fin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 45fin. ; 

 length of tail, IS^in. ; girth of chest, 33in. ; girth of loin, 26in. ; girth 

 of head, 18in. ; girth of forearm, 8fin. ; length of head from occiput -to 

 tip of nose, lliin. ; length of ears from tip to tip, 25in. 



Capt. J. W. Clayton's Luath XL: Age, 4 years; weight, 107lb. ; 

 height at shoulder, 27in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 46in. ; 

 length of tail, 19in. ; girth of chest, 36in. ; girth of loin, 32in. ; girth 

 of head, 23in. ; girth of forearm, 9in. ; length of head from occiput to 



