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" In texture the coat should be that of a hound, 

 and, on seizing it, the skin below should come away 

 from the body, leaving the impression that the 

 animal has much more skin than he requires. On 

 no account should the skin fit closely to the body, 

 and even on the fore-legs it should wrinkle, giving 

 to the hound a ' comfortable ' appearance. 



" As to colour, I am afraid that I am one of those 

 who believe that a good hound, like a good horse, 

 cannot be of a bad colour. I grant the fact that the 

 heavily marked tricolor is very taking to the eye, 

 and that the lemon and white, in comparison to the 

 former, loses greatly in appearance. Still, colour is, 

 after all, but a superficial point, except in breeds 

 where it means much, consequently personally I 

 should never in the judging ring allow colour to 

 weigh greatly in my mind when it was a question of 

 points and type between two animals. The colours 

 then of the Basset are heavy tricolour, light tricolour, 

 hair pie, lemon and white, and tricolour with blue 

 mottles. The latter is particularly pretty and 

 attractive. 



" Having now dealt with the question of points, I 

 will give a few particulars as to the introduction of 

 the Basset into this country. The first note I have 

 regarding them is one from Lord Galway, who 

 informed me some years ago that he had been 



