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bitches Guinevere, Theo, and Vivien differed some- 

 what in type from Fino de Paris. I have already 

 said that I had the opportunity of selecting this 

 latter hound in 1874, at the Jardin d'Acclimatation, 

 where he had been sent by Comte le Couteulx to 

 stand at stud, and I may now mention that before 

 being sent to Paris he had been bred from ; the 

 bitches Guinevere, Theo, and Vivien being descended 

 from him. 



" I here give their pedigrees : Trouvette out of 

 Fino de Paris by Fanfaro from Ravaude ; Trouvette 

 by Mignarde out of Fino de Paris ; Finette out of 

 Termino ; Mignarde by Finette out of Termino ; 

 Finette by Guinevere out of Theo ; and Vivien by 

 Fanfare out of Theo. That is to say, Fino de 

 Paris being put to Trouvette and Ravaude, produced 

 from them respectively Mignarde and Fanfaro. He 

 was then put to his daughter Mignarde, producing 

 Finette, who in turn was put to Termino, this 

 alliance producing Guinevere and Theo ; the latter, 

 being put to Fanfaro, producing Vivien. 



" Under these circumstances, and the inbreeding 

 that had gone on, it is only just to suppose that in 

 the three bitches I have named, we should have 

 seen a strong personal resemblance or a strong 

 family type in them to that of Fino de Paris. As a 

 matter of fact they did not resemble Fino de Paris, 



