CONTENTS Continued 

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THE RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND: A breed illustrated as a Russian hound 

 about 1750 Closely allied to the Persian and Turkish grey- 

 hound Origin of our title of Russian wolfhound Russian 

 method of hunting the wolf Descriptive particulars and scale 

 of points. 



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THE BLOODHOUND: The present type a comparatively modern dog- 

 African and Cuban bloodhounds American descendants from 

 early importations of the Lords Baltimore time Difficulty in 

 rearing the bloodhound Connection of Mr. Winchell, Dr. 

 Lougest and Dr. Knox with the breed The club standard. 



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THE FOXHOUND: An offshoot from the general hunting hound or harrier 

 Mr. Meynell the originator of the fast pace fox hunting- 

 English foxhound packs of note date from Squire Osbaldeston 

 and the Quorn hunt in 1817 Breeding for uniformity in the 

 packs the governing rule in England, while here the indi- 

 vidual hound is promoted irrespective of type or conformation 

 The American foxhound club standard. 



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THE HARRIER: The name not originally connected with hare hunting 

 The ordinary scenting hound now practically extinct. 



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THE BEAGLE: Origin of the name The Gaelic word for small was its 

 probable progenitor Other obsolete English words Queen 

 Elizabeth's singing beagles Oppian's misquoted reference to 

 the Scotch terrier Strada and Castiglioni illustrations George 

 III and George IV patrons of beagle hunting Col. Thornton's 

 lap beagles The breed in America Rowett and Blue Cap 

 strains The bench-legged dogs Mr. Kernochan's importations 

 The Windholme and Rockefeller packs American standard. 



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THE BASSET: Probably the direct descendant of the St. Hubert limer or 

 bloodhound Col. Thornton's French bloodhound Introduced 

 into England in 1875 as a show dog. 



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THE DACHSHUND: Now a distinctively German dog The English mis- 

 interpretation of "hund" leads to their breeding a dog of incor- 

 rect type Importations to America and their cross on the 

 Delaware beagles The deformed forelegs an essential to correct 

 type The German standard for the breed. 



