CHAPTER XI. 



SELECTING THE DOG. 



DIFFERENT hunters have difeerent ideas 

 as to the style of dog best suited to their 

 purposes. AVe can only approach the 

 subject, by giving views of experienced 

 breeders, and tlie reader may choose as he is in- 

 clined. 



From a Canadian Hunter comes the follow- 

 ing: 



This question of the right kind of dogs to 

 select is a matter on which many sportsmen dif- 

 fer in opinion. Some prefer the small, some the 

 medium and others the large hound. For me I 

 like a hound to be from 24 to 27 inches high at 

 the shoulder and well put together, with a lot of 

 bones, straight front legs vrith strong and com- 

 pact feet, "but not too large" with good strong 

 nails well set in, the body to be long and not 

 short of flank with a wide chest and a moderate 

 deep chest and witli a strong broad back, hind 

 legs Avith the right kind of bend, that is neither 

 straight or too much curved in, with well fur- 

 nislied thighs. 



Dogs with straight hind legs cannot run and 

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