442 DOGS USED FOR SPORT. 



blood-hound," but more hard. Ears long and sweeping-, but not 

 feathered down to the tips ; eyes large, deeply set, and have a 

 peculiarly thoughtful appearance, they show the " haw ; " nose 

 large and well developed ; muzzle well covered with wiry feather 

 nostrils expanding ; neck strong and muscular, but rather long 

 the flews are well developed ; dew-lap also loose and in folds 

 chest, deep, and not too wide ; back, strong, wide, and arched 

 shoulders ought to be sloping, but we seldom find them so ; arms 

 and thighs well developed as to muscle ; stern like that of a rough 

 Welsh harrier, and moderately well coated ; coat, wiry-haired, 

 hard, long and close at the roots ; color, grey, or buff, or yellowish, 

 or black, or rufous red, mixed with black and grey. 



POINTS IN JUDGING. 



Head 2 



Neck 5 



Legs 10 



Feet 5 



Shoulders 10 



Back 10 



Loin 10 



Hind-quarters 15 



Stern 5 



Coat 5 



—100 



THE BOAR-HOUND. 



This strain of hound will be found useful in hunting wild pigs 

 in Louisiana, and is derived from a mingling of the mastiff with 

 the grey-hound, crossed afterwards with the largest sized English 

 terrier. Our friends who own and breed dogs will at once see the 

 necessity of using these three animals, in order to get at the best 

 strain to hunt the wild boar or the less ferocious wild pig. The 

 grey-hound element is required in order to give the dog sufficient 

 speed for overtaking the boar, which is a much swifter animal 

 than is generally supposed from his unwieldy piggy form. The 

 mastiff is needed to give it the requisite muscular power and di- 

 mensions of body, and the terrier is introduced for the sake of 

 obtaining a sensitive nose and a quick spirited action. To train 

 this dog properly is a matter of some difficulty, because a mistake 

 is generally fatal, and puts an end to further instruction by the 

 death of the pupil. It is comparatively easy to train a pointer or 

 setter, because if he fails through eagerness or slowness, the v/orst 

 consequence is that the shooter loses his next shot or two, and 

 the dog is easily corrected. But if a boar-hound rushes too ea- 

 gerly at the bristly quarry, he will in all probability be laid bleeding 



