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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



breeders who lia^-e given attention to tliis 

 noble race of dog. ;\Ir. ^ilangin was the 

 breeder of Ch. Hordle Hercules, a dog 

 of distinguished quality, and his pretix 

 is familiar to all admirers of the Blood- 

 Iiound. Hercules was the sire of tlie Cham- 

 pion bitch, Mirables Mischief, and many 

 anotlier worthy representative of tlie breed. 

 The Duclicss of Dunsborough, another 



as with philosophic thought, his flews deep 

 and square, his dewlap loosely hanging, 

 his wliok' expression that of an ancient 

 sphinx. He is surprisingly active and of 

 enduring strength. At tracking the clean 

 boot he justifies the reputation of his keen- 

 scented breed, and his Jiardy constitution 

 makes liim imper\-ious to all pliysical ills. 

 Probably he gets his hardiness from Wei- 



MR. ROBERT PRATT S HIPPOLYTA 



BY CH. PANTHER BRINDLESS. BRED BY MR. CHATAIN. 



bitcli who won championship honours, was 

 also (if ;\Ir. .Alangin's breeding. Mr. Croxton 

 Smith has the distinction of ha\'ing bred, 

 amongst many other excellent hounds, 

 Cli. Hengist, now tlie treasured property 

 of Dr. C. C. Ciarfit, of Kirby :\Iuxloe. 



Hengist is a magnificent upstanding 

 black-and-tan li(.)und, twenty-seven inches 

 in heiglit at tlie shoulder, with legs like 

 oak saplings for strength and firmness of 

 bone and muscle and sinew. His head is 

 significant of all that is aimed at in Blood- 

 hovmd type, high peaked and ponderous, 

 with low-set ears pendulous as a chancel- 

 lor's wig. liis sombre, inscrutable eves look- 

 ing out from their cavernous deptlis in 

 sage contem])lation, his forehead furrowed 



fare, his dam. wliose own dam, Ch. 

 Whafs Wanted, was a result of :\Ir. Mark 

 Beaufo\-"s outcross through Babylone, a 

 Frencli hound deri\ed from crossing a 

 Bloodhound with a W'udee and again cross- 

 ing with a St. Hubert. On his sire Pan- 

 ther's side Hengist is descended directly 

 from Mr. Ray's Roswell, and he hits back 

 to tiie famous Luath XI. — Restless litter. 

 Restless herself was great-granddaughter 

 of Mr. Cowen's Druid ; wliile Juno, who 

 also is in Hengist's pedigree, was four 

 generations removed from Mr. Jenning's 

 Old Druid. Dr. Garfit's dog can therefore 

 be traced back in descent from all four of 

 the great Bloodhounds of the past, who are 

 recognised as the founders of the best strains. 



