108 HUNTING DOGS. 



jump over logs and fences with the same ease as 

 those haying a marked bend. These dogs can 

 buckle and unbuckle with more quickness and 

 power, such as is required in the gallop than 

 dogs having a round barrel shaped chest, with 

 both the front and hind legs straight. Dogs hav- 

 ing a nearly round chest cannot stand any length 

 of hard running, such as those having a narrow 

 chest because a dog with a moderate deep and 

 narrow chest has better wind as he is able to 

 alter the cubic contents of his chest more rapidly 

 and thus inhale and expire a larger volume of 

 air. Therefore, a dog with a deep or flat chest 

 will always have a greater speed than one 

 with a round one. This is a well known fact in 

 all animals remarkable for their speed, such as 

 deer, wolf and greyhound. 



I like dogs with good muscular thighs with 

 a fine long tapering and graceful wavering stern, 

 ears to be well set and not too long and not thick 

 and slabby, neck to be long and well set between 

 the shoulders, the head and muzzle, this is only 

 a matter of taste. Those I prefer are those hav- 

 ing a long and narrow forehead and a fairly 

 square muzzle, ears from 7 to 9 inches long, lips 

 loose but not hanging low, throat loose and 

 roomy in the skin and a good coat of hair so they 

 can stand cold and water, and with a good loud 

 tongue and keen nose. The color has nothing to 



