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Among breeders within recent years Mr. Edwin Brough, of 

 Scarborough, is to be regarded as the most experienced and 

 successful. No record of the breed would be complete without 

 some acknowledgment of the great services he has rendered 

 to it. Bloodhounds of the correct type would to-day have 

 been very few and far between if it had not been for his en- 

 thusiasm and patient breeding. Mr. Brough bred and produced 

 many hounds, which all bore the stamp of his ideal, and there 

 is no doubt that for all-round quality his kennel stands first 

 in the history of the Bloodhound. His most successful cross 

 was, perhaps, Beckford and Bianca, and one has only to 

 mention such hounds as Burgundy, Babbo, Benedicta, and 

 Bardolph to recall the finest team of Bloodhounds that has 

 ever been benched. 



Mrs. G. A. Oliphant, of Shrewton, Wilts, whose kennels 

 include Chatley Blazer and Chatley Beaufort, has of late 

 years been a keen supporter of the breed. Mrs. Oliphant, 

 who is the president of the ladies' branch of the Kennel Club, 

 is a great believer in hounds being workers first and show 

 hounds second, and her large kennels have produced many 

 hounds of a robust type and of good size and quality. There 

 is no doubt that as far as hunting is concerned at the present 

 moment this kennel stands easily first. But admirable Blood- 

 hounds have also given distinction to the kennels of Mr. S. H. 

 Mangin, Dr. Sidney Turner, Mr. Mark Beaufoy, Mr. F. W. 

 Cousens, Mr. A. O. Mudie, Lord Decies, Mr. Hood Wright, 

 Mr. A. Croxton Smith, Dr. C. C. Garfit, Dr. Semmence, and 

 Mrs. C. Ashton Cross, to mention only a few owners and 

 breeders who have given attention to this noble race of dog. 



The description of a perfect type of dog, as defined by the 

 Association of Bloodhound breeders, is as follows : 



General Character The Bloodhound possesses, in a most marked 

 degree, every point and characteristic of those dogs which hunt to- 

 gether by scent (Sagaces). He is very powerful and stands over more 

 ground than is usual with hounds of other breeds. The skin is thin to 

 the touch and extremely loose, this being more especially noticeable 

 about the head and neck, where it hangs in deep folds. Height The 



