P KEN en BREEDS. 



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PETITE RACE DARTOIS. 



Chien d'Artois. 



The antiquity of the above handsome old Picardy breed may be gathered from a letter 

 written by Prince Charles Alexandre de Croy to the Prince of Wales, 8th of August, 1609, 

 accompanying a present of a small pack of Chiens d'Artois. These hounds were in those days 

 white, with fawn or grey markings ; short muzzle and head ; large in skull, with a full eye ; 

 ears flat and long ; body compact and low ; stern coarse and carried hound-like. Nowadays 

 they are less strongly-built, and often have black markings, and are sometimes tricolour. In 

 size they are as a rule from eighteen to twenty inches, but are conspicuous by their tremendous 

 dewlap, exquisite nose, and great intelligence. They are hardy and strong constitutioned, with 



HALF-BRED D'ARTOIS. 



