432 DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



the surface, and when their offspring are able to take care of them- 

 selves they quit the parental roof and forage on their own account. 

 The scent of the American rabbit is much stronger and holds 

 to the ground as it were, for a longer time, and in this respect 

 bears a marked similarity to the EngUsh hare. The points of a 

 good harrier are similar to those of the fox-hound. There are 

 necessary points in the shape of a hound which ought always 

 be attended to by a sportsman, for if he be not of a perfect sym- 

 metrj' he will neither run fast nor bear much work. Keep in mind 

 that the hound has much tedious labor to undergo, and should 

 have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as ar- 

 rows, his feet round and not too large, his shoulders well back, 

 his breast rather wide than narrow, his chest deep, his back broad, 

 his head small, his neck thin, his tail thick and bushy, and if he 

 carry it well so much the better. Many of our friends will say it is 

 impossible to procure such a dog, so perfect in all his points. 

 Get one as nearly like the description as possible, and such 

 hounds as are weak from the knees to the foot — mongrel breeds 

 of pointers and setters — shoot them at once. Attention to the 

 proper weeding out of bad stock is the only way in which good 

 staunch strains can be bred. 



The following are the judging points of the Harrier, as given 

 in the Fancier s Gazette : 



The harrier's head is something of the stamp of the fox- 

 hound's head, only a little lighter ; rather a long neck, deep in 

 shoulder ; chest deep ; fore-legs straight and muscular, with a cat- 

 like formation of foot ; back straight, well ribbed up, with short 

 flank, strong across the loin ; stiff and well-bent stifles ; stern car- 

 ried well up. The usual colors are blended pies, black, tan, ana 

 white and blue mottles. There are several heights admissible, 

 from eighteen inches up to the height of a fox-hound, judged by 

 the best combination of the essential characteristics. 



POINTS IN JUDGING. 



Head 15 



Neck 5 



Legs 



Feet 



Shoulders 



Back 



Loin 



Hind-quarters 



Stern 5 



Girth or depth of rib 5 



