CONTENTS— Continut J . XV 



CHAPTER XLIX — PAGE 63S 



The Bloodhound: The Present Type a Comparatively Modern Dog — 

 African and Cuban Bloodhounds — American Descendants from 

 Early Imponations of the Lords Baltimore Time — Difficulty in 

 Rearing Bloodhounds — 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 Uni- 

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

 the Individual Hound Is Promoted Irrespective of Type or 

 Conformation — 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 Windholm 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 

 Misinterpretation 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. 



