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INDEX 



Flemish Hounds, 69 

 Flint age, dogs in the, I 

 Fluffy Poodle, 535, 537. See Poodle 

 Flushing, 252 

 Foot hound, 192 



FOREIGN DOGS. See also under names 

 of breeds 



Kennel Club's classification of, 15 



large number of, 558 

 Fourteenth century, dogs of, 9, 10 

 Fox and dog, hybrid between ? , 4 

 FOXHOUND, 176 



" blooding," to fox, 182 



breeding, 181 



cost of packs, 176 



drafts, 181 



ears, rounding, 180 



" entering," 182 



"false," 181 



fleetness, 178, 180 



history, 177 



hunt, cost of, 176 



Master, duties of, 176, 181 



match, historical, 180 



" music," 178, 182 



origin, 177 



packs, cost and number of, 176 



packs, maintenance of, 181 



points, 178 



puppies, 182 



puppy walks and shows, 181, 182 



rounding ears, 1 80 



"self-hunting," 181 



show, 1 80 



size, 1 80 



"skirting," 181 



strains, variable, in different 

 districts, 178 



Stud Books, 178 



typical, 179, 1 80 



uniformity required, 180 



Welsh Wire-coated, 182 



"wild," 181 

 Fox-hunting, 176. See Foxhound 



Basset-hound for, 205 

 FOX-TERRIER, 419 



Allison, Mr., on, 442 



American popularity, 427 



antiquity, 419, 420 



Belvoir, 430, 434, 440 



bitches (Wire-haired), superiority 

 of, in show properties, 444 



black mouth test (supposed), 446 



breeders, prominent, 419, 422-425, 

 427-434, 438, 439, 44i-443> 

 446 



FOX-TERRIER contd. 

 breeding, 449 

 buying puppies, 446 

 Caius, Dr., on, 420 

 celebrated specimens, 424, 425, 



4 2 7-434 5 440, 441, 443, 445 

 Clubs, 438, 439, 444, 449 

 coat, 426, 438, 444, 447 

 coat, choice of, 443 

 coat, trimming, 426, 448, 449 

 cobby-built v. spiry, 423, 433, 438 

 colours, 421, 428, 438, 441, 442 

 companion, 449 

 Cox, Mr. Harding, on, 422 

 crosses, 442 

 disqualifications, 446 

 Doyle, Mr. J. A., on, 419, 433 

 early writers on, 421 

 evolution, 419 

 faults," 446 



French writers on, 421 

 Fylde Club, 450 

 Grove, 428, 430, 434 

 head-points, 435, 442, 446 

 history, 419, 427, 441 

 illustrations, early, 421, 427, 442 

 Irish Club, 450 

 Isle of Wight and New Forest 



Club, 450 



kennel Terriers, old, 428-432 

 legs, 437 



London Club, 450 

 mating, 449 

 Midland Club, 450 

 modern, 435 

 monographs, 421 

 " moulting-room," 426, 448 

 North of England Club, 450 

 Old Berkshire, 428 

 origin, 419, 434, 441 

 Oxford Club, 450 

 pedigrees, 428-433, 439, 445 

 " pipe-stopper tail," 437 

 points (Smooth), 432, 435 

 points (Wire-haired), 444, 446. 



447 



popularity, 419, 427 

 preparing for show, 426, 448, 449 

 prices realised, 422, 427, 447 

 puppy, selecting, 446 

 Quorn, 431 

 Russell's (Rev. John) breed, 423, 



444 



Scott, Mr. T. H., on, 419, 422, 

 427 



Scottish Club, 450 



