62 British Dogs. 



of Beaufort's Warrior out of sister to Rufus. Don is considered by 

 many of our best judges the bloodhound of the day, and he is, 

 unquestionably, the best framed and most symmetrical hound of the 

 breed we have seen. He has taken first prize at Manchester, Bristol, 

 Alexandra Palace, and many other places, and the couple of magnificent 

 puppies by him taking second and third prizes at the Irish Kennel 

 Club, April 1, 1879, proves his capability of transmitting his grand 

 proportions. 



Although the bloodhound is now rarely hunted in packs, Lord 

 Wolverton still does so, hunting regularly at the present time seventeen 

 and a half couples. His lordship exhibited a few of his hounds at the 

 Bristol show, November, 1878, and fine specimens they were, especially 

 the grand old dog Harold and the beautifully modelled bitch Freedom. 



CHAPTER X. THE FOXHOUND. 



BY VERT. 



THE writer of the following spirited article, has been a frequent 

 contributor to The Country, and well known as a judge at many of 

 our most important shows, and that he is equally at home and happy 

 in the field as in the ring no reader of his article on the Foxhound can 

 doubt. "Vert" says : 



" Our Saxon forefathers hunted down the fox not so much for sport as 

 to protect their slender stock of poultry, lambs, and sucking pigs from 

 'the subtle, pilfering foe, prowling around in midnight shades,' and 

 were wont to proclaim his mort-note in joyous blasts from the sonorous 

 throat of the cowhorn ; and we do not suppose that they would be very 

 particular as to the kind of hound they employed for their purpose. 



" Who ever asks where, or when, or how, the wily fox is ta'en " until 

 victorious William and his son Eufus taught them with horn and voice 

 to cheer and discipline the pack ? For centuries the chase was reserved 

 for royalty and the nobles of the land ; and it was not until " our George 



