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our modern dog. Indeed these Bavarian hounds 

 possess even less bloodhound tvpe than the " Kerry 

 beagles " illustrated on another page. The Bavarian 

 hound is used for deer hunting in the mountains and 

 forests, and is said to run mute until he has brought 

 his game to bay, nor will he then worry or attempt 

 to eat the quarry. In height he is from igin. to 

 2oin. at the shoulder, and is mostly brown or liver 

 and tan in colour. 



The points of the bloodhound are numerically as 

 follows : 



Value. 



Head 20 



Ears and eyes 15 



Flews 5 



Neck 5 



Chest and shoulders ... 10 



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Value. 



Back and ribs 10 



Legs and feet 15 



Colour and coat 7^ 



Stern 5 



Symmetry 7 J 



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Grand Total, 100. 



Some little time ago Dr. Sidney Turner and Mr. 

 E. Brough compiled and carefully drew up the follow- 

 ing " Points and Characteristics of the Bloodhound 

 or Sleuthhound." 



" Genei^al Character. — The bloodhound possesses 

 in a most marked degree every point and charac- 

 teristic of those dogs which hunt together by scent 

 (Sagaces). He is very powerful, and stands over 



