2i8 BRITISH DOGS 



Fino de Paris, or any other hound imported from Comte Couteulx's 

 kennels; but they much resembled Bellicent, another of Mons. 

 Masson's hounds imported into this country, which is a proof that 

 this peculiar type is indigenous in his kennels. They must, there- 

 fore, have resembled their sire, which belonged to Mons. Masson. 

 Bearing this well in mind, it is very easy to see how these two 

 nearly related but different types have arisen. 



On the importation of Guinevre, Theo, and Vivien into this 

 country, the first-named bitch was mated with Fino de Paris. Had 

 Guinevre followed the common rules of breeding, she should have 

 given birth to pups of Fino de Paris type, but she did not; she 

 chose to present one of them (Bourbon) in her own form, the type 

 of Monsieur Masson's kennel, and that which I call the Termino 

 type. The other pup, Fino V., resembled his sire, with the addition 

 of some of his dam's quality. 



Bourbon, being mated with his aunt, Theo, thus virtually 

 breeding into the Masson or Termino side of the house, produced 

 Chopette, a bitch excelling even her sire in points which make him 

 so different from his Fino de Paris brother, Fino V. 



In Vivien we have a bitch of very weak Termino type, so 

 ' complaisant ' as to throw both types whichever way mated, but 

 who will throw her own, as in the case of Jupiter, a poor type- 

 producer. In this way have arisen the two Couteulx types that we 

 have at present on our show-benches. 



FINO DE PARIS TYPE 



Colour. Rich tricolour hare-pie, lemon, and white. The first object which 

 strikes us is the brilliancy and general evenness of the markings : the tan is 

 deep ; the black, saddle- shaped on the back, running into tan on the buttocks. 



Coat. Thick, strong, and at times crimped even to coarseness ; stern 

 feathered. 



Head. In those unallied to the Terrnino hounds, flattish ; ears set on high 

 and small, but should be domed. In those containing Termino blood, the 

 head is large, well shaped ; ears hung low and of good size, with well-developed 

 flews ; nose slightly inclined to be Roman. 



Eye. Dark, sunken, and showing a prominent haw. 



Bone. Good ; in those not too closely inbred, massive. 



Legs. Torses, demi-torses, droites. 



General Appearance. A fine large hound, of powerful physique. 



Examples. In the first instance, Fino de Paris as a type. In the second, 

 Fino V., VI., Pallas II., Fresco, Forester, Merlin, Clovis, Eve, Texas Fino, 

 Wazir, Aryan, Lselaps, Fancy, Fiddler, Flora. 



TERMING TYPE 



Colour. Tricolour (light), lemon-and- white, hare-pie, blue mottled. The 

 tricolour of this hound is far less brilliant than in the preceding type, the tan 

 being no longer so rich, whilst the black is distributed in uneven patches over 

 the body, and, in addition to these markings, the hound is often "ticked," 

 whilst frequently is to be seen a blue mottled appearance, 



