34 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
not resemble a “scratch” pack got together by chance, and that 
each should resemble each in every respect. Thus a pack may be 
“suity ” although composed of very different strains, while it may 
be “sorty” though it may vary in size from 22 inches to 25. 
For absolute perfection in appearance, both these points must be 
attended to, while in the field it is also necessary that in their 
tongues there shall be the desired kind of music, and pretty nearly 
all alike. So also there must be an equality of pace and stoutness, 
without which “tailing” very soon begins, the long-drawn line 
from head to tail being developed, so much deprecated by every 
hunting man. Thus the task of the breeder of foxhounds is 
rendered more difficult than that of any other artist in a corre- 
sponding line, for he not only has to breed his hounds individually 
perfect, but also collectively so, and not only in externals, but in 
mental manifestations. Still these obstacles are to be overcome, 
and what man can do our modern M.F.H.’s actually accomplish, 
as is admitted to their honour by all their followers, the result 
being the modern foxhound. 
His points are as follows :— 
VALUE VALUE 
Head, . é ‘ . . I5 |. Elbows, . : : : 4 5 
Neck, . : : a: Legs and feet, . : : 20 
Shoulders, . : . 10 Colour and coat, g 5 
Chest and back ribs, . 10 Stern, . . é : - 5 
Loin, . ; : . 10 Symmetry, 5 
Hind-quarters, . j . Io — 
Total, ‘ . 100 
The head should be of sufficient size to contain a brain capable 
of the mental manifestations required; but if absolutely heavy, 
there is sure to be the old-fashioned style of hunting to which 
allusion has already been made. Hence the breeder requires a 
fair size, measuring round the ears in the average dog hound 16 
inches, and in the bitch 244 inches. The top of the head is flat 
and not domed, as in the bloodhound. The nose should be 44 
inches long in the full-sized hound, wide and open in the nostrils, 
and cut off square at the end; ears set on low and lying close ; 
eyes of moderate size, soft, yet full of expression. 
The neck must be thin, round, and free from the slightest throati- 
