CONTENTS— Co«/i»«*^ 



CHAPTER XLIX — PAGE 635 



The Bloodhound : The Present Type a Comparatively Modern Dog — 

 African and Cuban Bloodhounds — ^American Descendants From 

 Early Importations of the Lords Baltimore Time — Difficulty in 

 Rearing the Bloodhound — Connection of Mr. Winchell, Dr. 

 Lougest and Dr. Knox With the Breed — ^The Club Standard. 



CHAPTER L — PAGE 641 



The Foxhound: An Offshoot From the General Hunting Hound or 

 Harrier — Mr. Meynell the Originator of the Fast Pace Fox 

 Hunting — English Foxhound Packs of Note Date From Squire 

 Osbaldeston and the Quorn Hunt in 1817 — Breeding for Uniformity 

 in the Packs the Governing Rule in England, While Here the 

 Individual Hound Is Promoted Irrespective of Type or Conform- 

 ation — The American Foxhound Club Standard. 



CHAPTER LI PAGE 647 



The Harrier: The Name Not Originally Connected With Hare Hunting 

 The Ordinary Scenting Hound Now Practically Extinct. 



chapter LII^PAGE 649 



The Beagle : Origin of the Name — ^The Gaelic Word for Small was its 

 Probable Progenitor — Other Obsolete English Words — Queen 

 Elizabeth's Singing Beagles — Oppian's Misquoted Reference to 

 the Scotch Terrier — Strada and Castiglioni Illustrations — George 

 III. and George IV. Patrons of Beagle Hunting — Col. Thornton's 

 Lap Beagles — ^The Breed in America — Rowett and Blue Cap 

 Strains — ^The Bench-legged Dogs — Mr. Kernochan's Importations 

 — ^The Windholme and Rockefeller Packs — ^American Standard. 



chapter LIII — page 659 



The Basset: Probably the Direct Descendant of the St. Hubert Limer or 

 Bloodhound — Col. Thornton's French Bloodhound — ^Introduced 

 into England in 1875 as a Show Dog. 



chapter LIV — page 661 



The Dachshund: Now a Distinctively German Dog — ^The English Mis- 

 interpretation of "Hund" Leads to Their Breeding a Dog of 

 Incorrect Type — Importations to America and Their Cross on 

 the Delaware Beagles — ^The Deformed Forelegs an Essential to 

 Correct Type — ^The German Standard for the Breed. 



