THE DEERHOUND AND ROUGH GREYHOUND. 29 
script, capable of being kept under such complete control as never 
to alarm the deer while being stalked. In most cases no dog 
whatever is taken out by the deerstalker, so that the deerhound 
has now become more ornamental than useful. But his magnifi- 
cent shape and symmetry entitle him to be ranked among the 
dogs most suited to be chiens de luxe. 
The deerhound follows the wounded deer, like all other dogs, by 
the eye in preference to the nose, but the moment he loses sight 
he drops his head and feels for the foot scent, which is generaily 
aided by the blood which flows from the hit of the rifle-ball. Like 
the greyhound, he is silent in his pursuit, occasionally, like many 
of that variety, giving a low whimper, totally unlike the bell-like 
note of the true hound. When pure, he never attacks the head of 
his quarry, but lays hold of the hind-leg, or fastens on the flank, 
his instinct warning him that the horns of the deer are dangerous 
to him; but when crossed by:the bull-dog, as was attempted by 
several breeders for the purpose of giving courage, the peculiar 
propensity of the latter “to go at the head” is displayed, and 
leads so frequently to the death of the dog that the cross has been 
abandoned. There is an unusual disparity in size between the 
sexes, amounting to nearly one-half in weight and to fully one- 
quarter in height. In general shape the deerhound closely 
resembles the greyhound, but there are a few points of difference 
which I shall proceed to describe. 
The value of his points is as follows :— 
VALUE | VALUE 
Head, nose, and jaw, . 15 Quarters and legs, : 7 
Ears and eyes, ‘ 2° 5 Feet, . . F : 7% 
Neck, . ; : . 10 Colour and coat, . 10 
Chest and shoulders, . Io |° Symmetry, . i > § 
Loin and back ribs,  . « Io Quality, a oe, 65 
Elbows and stifles, : . lo Tail, . : : =. 16 
Total, : . 100 
The head is slightly larger in proportion than that of the smooth 
greyhound, with larger and coarser jaws, but this latter part is 
rendered more striking by the coarser hair which covers the nose. 
The eyebrows also rise less than in the greyhound, the skull and 
