CHAPTER III 

 DOGS USED IN SPORT (Continued) 



BLOODHOUNDS OTTER HOUNDS GREAT DANES 



I HAVE adopted the above title, instead of the more 

 usual term of " Sporting Dogs," so as to be able to in- 

 clude breeds about which there is a difference of opin- 

 ion as to whether they are strictly " Sporting Dogs " 

 or not, and propose in this chapter to say a few words 

 about Bloodhounds, Otter Hounds and Great Danes, 

 taking them in that order. Many of my readers, as 

 well as I, can remember the time, within the last thirty 

 years, when Bloodhounds were few and far between, 

 and the entries of this handsome and aristocratic- 

 looking breed were at a low ebb, even at the best 

 shows. This is no longer the case, thanks to the 

 enterprise and zeal of a few well-known breeders, 

 of whom stands in the very front rank, my friend 

 Mr. Edwin Brough, of Scarborough, who gained 

 some of his knowledge and experience at the 

 feet of my old friend, Mr. Edwin Nichols, of West 

 Kensington, who, as a breeder as well as exhibitor of 

 Bloodhounds, Mastiffs and Newfoundlands, was the 

 most successful I have ever known and, in my opin- 

 ion, quite unsurpassed as a judge of those breeds and 

 one of the most entertaining companions I have ever 



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