THE FOXHOUND. 51 
IV._THE FOXHOUND. 
There is probably no animal in creation, and certainly no 
domestic animal, which possesses so high a combination of speed 
and stoutness as the foxhound. The mule is possibly as stout, 
but not nearly so fast; while the greyhound and racehorse are 
faster, but cannot stay with him, as has repeatedly been proved. 
Tt should, however, be remembered that, in comparing the horse’s 
powers with that of the hound, we are apt to forget that the 
former is weighted with his rider, while the latter is turned loose. 
L.wELls Se. 
“ Hermit,” a High-bred Modern Foxhound.* 
Still the difference is so great, that even this will not account for 
it. It is generally supposed that this extraordinary combination 
has been obtained by crossing the old-fashioned hound (whether 
Northern or Southern) with the greyhound; but of this cross 
there is no record in the kennel books of our earliest foxhound , 
* Bred by J. J. Farquharson, Esq., by Lord Fitzhardinge’s “ Hermit,” out of the 
Puckeridge “ Venus.” ’ 
