CHAPTER VI 



FOX-HOUNDS 



As well as shape, full well he knows. 

 To kill their fox, they must have nose. 



the accompanying Plate, 

 Fig. 1 is intended to 

 represent a hound tol- 

 erably free from faults, 

 in order that it may 

 be compared with Fig. 

 2, which has most of 

 the faults for which 

 hounds are drafted, in 

 point of shape. Few men have opportunities to 

 compare the two in the kennel, and for them this 

 attempt is intended. It will readily be observed 

 that the head of No. 2 is too short and thick, 

 with a bald face, which is generally disliked as 

 much in hounds as in horses. The neck is too 

 short and throaty, the shoulders upright and 



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