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in the Basset than any other Englishman, and may 

 be considered the British authority on the variety, 

 so no doubt what he has so kindly supplied will 

 prove a valuable contribution on the subject. 



Our typical Basset hound has been fully described 

 earlier in this chapter. The club which looks after 

 his welfare has not had any special scale of points 

 drawn up, and in the absence of such I have com- 

 piled the following : 



Head (including ex- Loins and hindquarters 1 5 



pression, skull, &c.) 20 Stern 



Ears 15 



Shoulders, chest, and 



neck 10 



Legs and feet 15 



60 



Coat 5 



Colour 5 



Character 10 



40 



Grand Total 100. 



Weight, dogs from 4olb. to 481b. ; bitches about 

 5lb. less. 



