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drafted, some will be put down as useless ; 

 others may be put aside, for failing only by 

 the standard of height, colour, or type, and 

 yet may be of the greatest value to other 

 packs. At the present day the leading 

 breeders of hounds pay most minute atten- 

 tion to symmetry, and cast every dog or 

 bitch that is not straight or that does not 

 come up to a very high standard. Many 

 cultivate a type showing immense bone ; 

 but though a hound has legs as straight as 

 an arrow, feet as round as a cat's, and bone 

 like a lion, he is useless if he has not the 

 quality to go the pace, a nose to hunt with, 

 and a voice that proclaims the true gospel. 

 There is no doubt that to obtain wearing and 

 working qualities, with uniformity of type, 

 the safest line to follow in breeding hounds 



