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General Appearance. A wonderfully intelligent and powerful dog, not ferocious-looking, and 

 one that seems incapable of great speed, though apparently full of stamina. 



The dog we have selected for illustration as the subject of the coloured plate is Mrs. 

 Humphries' Champion Don, to which reference has been already made. Don was bred in 1875, 

 and is by Dr. Ray's Roswell out of Flora by Rufus out of Hilda, his breeder being Mr. W. 

 Marshall. Don has won, amongst other prizes, 1st Manchester, 1st Bristol, 1st Alexandra 

 Palace, 1877; ist Bristol, 1878; 1st Hanover, and gold medal Dundee, 1879. He measures 

 from tip of nose to stop, 5 inches ; from stop to occiput, 8 inches ; length of back, 29 inches ; girth 

 of muzzle, 14 inches ; girth of skull, 21 \ inches ; girth of neck, 24 inches ; girth round brisket, 38 

 inches; girth round chest, 35 inches; girth of loins, 29! inches; girth of thigh, 18 inches; girth 

 of forearm, Sf inches ; girth of pastern, 5| inches ; height at shoulders, 28 inches ; height at 

 elbows, 15 inches; height at loins, 29 inches; length of stern, 18 inches; age, 5 years; 

 weight, 99 Ibs. 



Luath XL belongs to Capt. J. W. Clayton, of 14, Portman Square, and was bred by the 

 Rev. G. Straton in 1874, by Luath X. out of Bran VIII. As before stated, his head is excep- 

 tionally good ; but his colour being too pale, Luath XL has not been as successful on the bench 

 as his grand outlines would suggest. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR JUDGING BLOODHOUNDS. 



Head 



Ears and eyes 



Flews and dewlap ... 



Body and chest 



Legs and feet 



Colour 



Coat 



General appearance 



Value. 

 10 



5 



5 



5 

 10 



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 5 

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