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son. of Dudley; and Mr. Halford, of Ware, Herts. Of 
the various dogs evibviead from the above kennels, Mr. 
Jennings’s Druid. to Prince Napoleon, was sad to be the 
best specimen of the breed. Mr. Cowen's Druid was 
also x grand dog in his prime; but his head was not 
equal to that ef Mr. Jennings’: old favourite. Ar 
Hallfon’’s Regent, a sen of Cowen’s Druid, was also a 
magnificent animal, and almost, i not quite, equal tv 
Jennings’s Druid, From these have descended the best 
blood of the present day, 
‘The Staghound as a distinct breed is Completed Uns 
keown in this country: all those packs which hunt stag 
being pure foxhounds, with the exception af Mr Nevill’, 
in Hampshire, which he calls “Black St Huberts.” but 
which seem to be recs of the eld Southern hound. 
The modern Foxhound has had mare attention pad 
to his shape. and has been kept more pure chan any other 
breed of dogs in existences. Most kennels ef any stand: 
Ing possess stud-books going back thom So to reo yeu, 
and ean trace the podigree of every hound ta thee packs 
tor that time. ‘This is almost equal to that of the Fnalish 
thorough-bred horse, and f&r greater than chatat the greys 
hound, few pedigrees af which go back In all their lines 
more than ten generations Cecil” has lately published 
the * Hound Stud-book.” which proves this statement 
without a doubt, and makes the study of the various 
strains of the foxkound doubly interesting. Ts points are 
as followss—The head vanes a geod deal. fram the cam 
panttively heavy form characterizing the Beaufort Graspert, 
to the snipenosed light shape at the Puckeridge. It 
should, however, in any case be fight, airy, and sensible, vet 
fallof dignity. ‘There should be a slight tendeney te chop 
without actual flew. and the torehead should be a little 
wrinkled, Circumterence of skull in frant of the cars, 16 
to ry in and at least 44 in, from the eve to the peint of 
the nose. Neck long and clean: the least: looseness or 
approach to throatiness is taboued. Where it joins the 
head it must be tine, and gradually deepen towards the 
shoulders, Length ef neck is necessity to allow the 
hound to steep to a seent without losing pace. Ears set 
