THE FOXHOUND'S FEET 



vertebrae. It will be easily understood that the 

 shorter and straighter the pastern, the more jar 

 will there be, and the quicker wiU it be carried to 

 the knee, and so upwards. Also, the heavier 

 the bone, the greater the concussion, while the 

 muscles will have more work to do to neutralise 

 the vibration. Seeing that the nervous and 

 muscular systems are closely connected, strain 

 and vibration are conveyed by the former to the 

 brain. Thus, a heavy boned hound with short 

 pasterns soon becomes of little use in rough 

 country, although he can work with comparative 

 ease on level, sound going. 



Round Foot and 



Knucki^ing 



Forward 



AT Knee. 



Front View of Legs and Feet, 



shewing turning in of toes and 



placing of weight on centre 



and outer surfaces. 



Turning to the club-like foot, we find it an 

 axiom of the show judges that the leg must form 

 a straight line downwards from the chest, and 

 that the shorter the distance from the elbow 

 to the pastern, the better. Also the forearm 

 should connect with the knee joint and pastern in 

 such a manner, that instead of having its flexion 

 in a posterior direction, it should exhibit a tend- 

 ency to knuckle forward. A limb so formed 



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