40 Modern Dogs. 



foxhounds. Mr. C. H. Wilson, master of the 

 Oxenholme staghounds, is crossing his foxhounds 

 and harriers with bloodhounds, in order to restore 

 the voice and music which in a great measure had 

 been lost in breeding for pace. 



If asked to recommend a large dog as a com- 

 panion, I should certainly place the bloodhound 

 very high on the list, possibly on a level with the 

 St. Bernard, and only below the Scottish deerhound 

 And in one respect he is better even than the latter ; 

 for he is not nearly so quarrelsome with other dogs. 

 Not very long ago, a bloodhound was running 

 about the busy streets of Brixton daily ; he never 

 snarled at a passing cur or terrier, and was the 

 favourite of every little boy and girl in the neigh- 

 bourhood. Had their parents known that the big 

 black and brown creature their children Avere petting 

 and stroking on the head was a bloodhound, the 

 ferocious dog of story books and history, what a 

 scene there would have been. And still more 

 recently it is no uncommon sight to see a lady and 

 her maid accompanied by three couples of blood- 

 hounds enjoying themselves on one of our most 

 frequented suburban commons. Here the big 

 hounds romp and enjoy themselves and seem to be 

 under better command than the collies and terriers, 

 with which all such districts abound. 



