COLOL'K OF THE BLOODHOUND. 



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This must certainly tend to prove that white was permissible if not actually a desirable 

 addition to a dog's colour in the earlier days of canine literature. It is therefore hard to 

 discover any sufficient reason for supporting modern authorities who advocate the disqualifica- 

 tion of hounds which show traces of white. If marked too heavily great injury is certainly 

 done the hound's appearance, and white legs, or a large patch on the chest, would very 

 probably jeopardise his chance of winning a prize under most judges ; but for our own part 



CAPTAIN j. \v. CLAYTON'S LUATH xi. 



we are of opinion that slight indications of white should not stand between a Bloodhound and 

 success on the show-bench. 



Another point in colour upon which great stress is laid is the acquisition of the black 

 saddle upon the back, the non-possession of which has caused more than one good dog the 

 loss of prizes. A case in point is that of the magnificent Luath XL, the portrait of whose 

 head appears in the subjoined woodcut. Luath XL, most unfortunately for himself and his 

 master, is of a pale tan colour, and his legs are not of the best and straightest, or he must 

 have proved invincible at every show. In spite, however, of his unfashionable colour, his 

 services as a sire have been resorted to with the happiest results by many of the principal 

 breeders of the day, and he is marvellously successful in transmitting his grandly-developed 

 head characteristics to his offspring. 

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