The Bloodhound 637 



Dog Show in October, 1905, we saw at Dr. Knox's kennels twenty as fine 

 young dogs as one could imagine, from twelve to fifteen months old; large, 

 big-boned, strong dogs, every one of them. Three months later Dr. Knox 

 wrote us that he had been busy burying puppies for the past month 

 and had hardly one left of all the lot we saw. 



Mr. L. L. Winchell, of Fair Haven, Vt., was the first American to take 

 up the bloodhound of England, and after he had been exhibiting for a year 

 or two Mr. Brough sent over some dogs which were shown in partnership. 

 Dr. Longest of Boston was the next to show bloodhounds and he has had by 

 far the largest number of show winners of anyone in this country. Some of 

 his dogs and some from Mr. Winchell were bought by Dr. Knox of Danbury 

 and, as the Fair Haven kennels have long been given up, there are only the 

 t^o doctors in the field, with an occasional outside entry. A number of per- 

 sons advertise bloodhounds but those who want to get the genuine article of 

 English bloodhound should be exceedingly cautious in buying dogs from any 

 person other than exhibitors. If a dog to trail a scent is all that is wanted 

 that is a matter of education and many of these old foxhounds can be taught 

 a good deal in that direction, but these are not bloodhounds any more than a 

 spaniel is a setter merely because the setter once was a spaniel. 



In appearance the bloodhound is a strong, thickset hound with stout, 

 rather short legs. He must not look low on the leg at all, but there is no 

 excess of daylight under him. He had better be a little low than be leggy 

 and light of bone. A weedy bloodhound is out of the question, speed not 

 being wanted in this dog, for he must be followed on foot when tracking, 

 held on a lead like the old hound that was called the limer. 



The distinguishing difference in this breed from all other hounds is in 

 the depth of his hanging lips, his heavy dewlap, and the loose skin on his 

 skull, which rolls in heavy wrinkles when the head is lowered. The hanging 

 lips and dewlap pull down the lower eyelid and shows the haw more than in 

 any other breed. By reference to the scale of points in the standard it will 

 be seen that over one-third of the 100 points goes for head properties. The 

 standard of the Bloodhound Club is as follows :- 



Descriptive Particulars 



Head and wrinkle (value 20) is the peculiar feature of this breed, and 

 it is accordingly estimated at a very high rate. In the male it is large in all 



