The Bloodhound. 27 



ful with both the dogs and bitches he put on the 

 benches at the National Show in Curzon Hall. 



Coming down to the present time, there are 

 perhaps more admirers of the bloodhound than at 

 any previous period of its history. Dog shows have, 

 no doubt, popularised him ; and, well cared for and 

 well treated, made a companion of, instead of being 

 kept chained in a kennel or in a dark cellar, he has 

 lost most of his natural ferocity, and is quite as 

 amiable as any other variety of the canine race. 

 Colonel Cowan still keeps a hound or two at Blaydon, 

 near Newcastle; Mr. E. Brough, near Scarborough, is 

 perhaps our greatest breeder ; but good bloodhounds 

 are also to be found in the kennels of Mr. Tinker, 

 near Birmingham ; of Mr. F. B. Craven, Bakewell ; 

 of Mr. M. H. Hill, Birmingham; of Dr. Reynolds 

 Ray, Dulwich; of Dr. Parry, Norfolk; of Mr. C. 

 Garnett, near Bolton ; of Mr. R. H. Wright, Newton- 

 le-Willows ; of Mr. H. C. Hodgson, Lichfield ; of 

 Mr. E. Nichols, South Kensington ; of Mr. Morrel, 

 Mr. M. Beaufoy, Mr. J. E. Wilby, and others. 



Here mention must be made of the pack of 

 bloodhounds, kept about sixteen years ago, by the 

 late Lord Wolverton, who hunted the " carted " deer 

 with them in Dorsetshire and in the Blackmore Vale 

 Country. They were sold by him to Lord Carring- 

 ton, who had them but a single season, during 



