52 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



I* KB. 15, 1853. 



THE BLOODHOUND. 



\\'Kli.'ni recsivsfl many inquiries regarding Mils ohee 



> > Famous breed -.1 do^s now neaih- extinct in this coun- 



o Sha-w, in the "Book rrt the Uog," gives the follow. 



in^ i unt of tl am 



losl much of hi- Eon i utility. 



• ■ gi ],.., ,,iiv admired in the 



]'h mgh the 



. ,, i- i,. j | 



presenl day C 



cent le- ni. .ui.l ■ i 



do. are i ;n-li and 



i >--i >-< M \ brilliant in lor 



attraction. The uses 



mill} put in this coiu 



i.i.i-i- .ui.l the pursuit oi 



all pc 



ioi"tions of tin- dog. his magnifi- 

 ot what he ha- 1 ii known to 



nf w ilium-.: i! |.: .-■ i.n.l. i .....I ,i i n l„.--: I. ill tor our. 

 are of opinion lihal Blight indications of white 



-l. mil Let ween ;i bloodhound Mild -,|,o.-s OD llli' 



Vnot h.i point in oolor upon n I 

 a, -ipiUirion ..I the blaoje saddle upon the buck, 

 .-.•-si, in ..I which. has caused inure than one good 

 .ii priKe'B. 



i. is. biM i"> "i im: 6L >Hin ml 



ii Id not deep I 



the world. I hasi. n,-,i Forward to my 9fca,nd, wMnthe 



ot a guptooke through till 



bhe 

 ialefacto*s 



Pro 



tln'ir m.-irv.liMi-h teen powers oJ scent admirably qualified 

 them. 



A-vi-lm: to bbe ••Naturalist's Libl- _ 

 ■,\...- usually about twenty-eight inches hi-j 



l pHiMhihiu-. tli 



I l.'Nln 



llli I'Xli-llliil 



; below tin' 



"Cynographui Britannic. c 

 n I di -i-ii ■ — the dog 



•< H a -I • i » 1 1 ^ . •■• ii i lprnl anil I 



..ii-,- -;. rn find -.,:, |ljg :i- 



pendulous; ears I urge, bro ..! I 



. Lin i... -i bushy; voi 



i ih. 



i In- l>]. i.,.t!.. .ii.i.l 



The author ..i 



. the height a- twenty-seven 



hi- nl.-ii- form; the i.-i.-i- imli.-r 

 nostrils wide and lurgi -. lips 

 baseand uarrOwingtoThetip; 



-!,-- this kind IS Their uniform 

 ■ i .- 1 . - 1 : c > . i » r i _ on tin- upper part . 

 '...■■;:. becoming lightej the 



Tie 



Thi- 



ther long, an 



Iraee fftms b\ 



ancient hum w 

 found and suit 

 in the arrow 



..■ti- 



nt-. 1 



• hunter 



ended li\ I lie .-p.-.-u-: if iii i)n.- - 



stped, the bloodhound tri d and the mastiff i 



feulod it." 



It will thus be seen that fron the earliest records the great- 

 est valmi ba* been attached iii tli.- teen 

 scent |. — '— i d by ;-. bloodhound : but u. 

 I lw r,i .--.-i.t ,i.iv ih...l..,- i-or.-i-tii-nlly nse- 

 if I'llni,,!- 



■ •„]. 



'II.- -,, 

 in ;.-xini-,- 

 in iii.nt i.i 



The uei 

 dewlap. 



Should,- 



i:...i\ moderately 



Pore legs set on straign 



Feet round and compa 



hi neither from bad n-. 



Color. -The best aid 

 black saddle on the back. 



ight in- 



sloped. 



■■..- and black, with the uoai nils 

 Qua- small mid deeply stiuk. of 



■ :-v. . and should be as long and Bne 

 i.i--ii.|.-. \- regards length, they should Meet 

 ■. nose, and the ■<■ thoy lap uver the hettser, 



nu-iii-li.-.i uii I, h heavy 



started for homo, while Ki 

 of the fox, which we tiuall 



P..-.VN IN Mm---. 



I will relate the i spcrien 

 amateurs and two profess 



Croat] air .\- I cam - 



irother was -utiiiK ou 



begrimed with paw- 



rv, while hi- gun la\ 



ii' be was 



%-. h, •- Etog, wuli an 



■ i, stood 



-, my I, i other, with a 



I saw 



.... iii -I." said Eving, 



Hi a glance at King 



,i-..l:l-. UIV llMllh.-i- 



• rwering 

 nd Blowlj and sadly 



ilimed on in |Hir-ni'. 

 L. K. S 



vilh powerful loins, day upon tin 



y powerful. -i.i rl 



" specimen- exhibited fail time of the y 



ith,Ti-.-i.i--,--: iihe pasterns We cut loose 



hi.-h certainly shoulddis that would cj 



. ami carried u"il\ . 

 .,.-; popular is a deep tan. 

 The tan in many specimens 

 leblu.-kot thflKickistleckei 

 isqualiQeation. is undesirabli 



,-ith a 



I., 



On ir.-.nini ..I In-: marvi 

 bloodhound has from tin 



lii't-ii a-so.-iat,-,! with llii' 

 i..'|.N-. 



pa 



OllUi 



, tin 



oi' 





:ui the 



n Cud 



• v.- all 

 th.i-f- 



:• ot a part) oi n\. iiiini. . - 



with thtfl'r 'lo^-. Jumbo, 



■];. Thei-e Imvni.; ,-uiiii- .ilii.nl sin 

 ight of Nio 29, we proposed to 

 • iiii-hii-k for a lux. AtOreals of 



i. v., ihouldored oui j uns and 



■i place lor lux.- ni this 



■■: track. 



"going to the rront with music 



.1 •■: the laalesi Foa hunt r I Bat 



ii, for his r.-uiiiiui dog to drive a 



t was nol iiiiiiin inmnt ■ 



: taking a circle across the little 

 poplarridgc with thed igawitbjn 



ved for 



I I. in hi-l .-mil 

 -ini,i|i. 



the r...\: was within t-u i-.,ds i.,,,-. 

 mm went to his shouldei ; the 

 lapped; his gun hung fh-ej and 



r.l w. nt on hi- u.-,v in in,, next 



Wh, Beywi 



William '.to, 



and the tii- 

 was sitting i 

 forthe dugs, 

 shoulder, hi: 

 and then the 



•itt-'i 1.' 



ten 



had 



II- 



pernatural |lO^ 

 the simple "xe 

 oi scent bj an 

 liar cimiriiBtn 



oi the i.i lh-.ii 



on lus power of i 

 to I.'' "i the highi 

 uses :n ihe, preBei 



not u.s.-iul eaiejoiy of dogs. The dispo- 

 sitionof iin- bloodhound is oot iiv.inv 

 ii, .hi one upon which implicit refianoe 



-I. 



■,l hi 



,,,., 



- p.-i.-i- 

 'i"i.i t 



-, uard 



■■ 



i - inn 

 ed thai 

 cock i ■ 



tapped 



•■•III nil 111- ,vn- 



. George 



mill the propric 



tli, i.i\ 



twayraken with 



■1 CO! ft 1 that 



was thin i 



!,- hi- 



• lim and pulled 

 a barriflc .-> plo 



., ,., 



,,,,! If no mill 



hill upon inv. , 



ia.t he had sl K il 



une eight or ten 



meantime had 



ud passed alonir t" 



early davs there were mo 

 -Main of (logs used [or.track 

 and ii is prob'ably from a 

 tion of these that the m, 

 hound originally sprang-. <■' 

 him, ,[,-s,i1l„- a l.-illiot. wh 



is a relation of the d 



-n.in.l. Ihiek-heat!...it do- \ 

 dose— characteristics which 



\hi.-h h- -o piized by 



.ia\-. though there are 

 rsona in possession of 



in ;on,ier!v, the 'need 



,,,.., n- be said (■. be 

 h. .;,.., - gone by there 



, '" | ' '- ■ - ■■ < **IAJUfi V" 



the next man. This.proved to be I.. w- 

 Edwards, brothei' to Goorgji, and the 

 proprietor of Tussle tail, 

 Lewis saw the foji ,-.■„,„„.. .-.«<i like 



I h-or-e lu-j.ii, o. -link. . , :i- h, h.-id an 



Open field and lit. lux « :t .-..nnii, 



straight for him b ch led uptin oii<- 



knee and covered the fos p ith I,.- gun 

 until Reynard was within tweuty-nve 

 tods, when tie -h....ks.. violeatty thai Ue 

 discharged his gun and then jumpedup 

 and sent the other charge ait- . - 

 while Reynard shook out another ... -i. 



skipped over the fen,-,-, .-i.-io-s ,i held. 



down over .-i hank mid into b - 



siullv frij,-!i'..-ne,l ,unl p. i -,-, n- ,-,| fellow 



but a a id l'..x still. I rushed to the 



front ami demanded or. Inlrn for a Shot 

 Louie pointed at the hole and said: 

 ''There he t- in lie n-. sh..ol away.'' I 



declined a shot and summoned ., council 

 of war. i ;,-..,-•• proposed to die him 



■ Hit, lint we eoiii-lildeil Ih.-il il would lie 



., i- to take so mean an advantage 

 of ii f,,x that hud run tho gauntlet so 

 noblj and co&e out so wed Qui nordicl 

 was to let him 1*881 

 We'll give him it try son ther dav 



vr. ii. f. 



I ..\,-.,lM,. -I, IL ■ . .'• '— .- 



i'rh.. above acci 



WHS .- .H-i.l- .alii, .ilili.'ill \ .1 



iiuiii}: 



purebred specimens, bm evei 



IIUW 



that g i whelps readily ' 



.p ob- 



Lamed 0.1 i ipora.1 Li ,-l\ 



ril!in« 



i- niiinl.i'.r of hreeders 



-eem- 



to rein oi; a e.-iv Limited one. 



Thl- liegli.et 



..a tie- part of the public to 



support the 



no ilotlhl .il',-e- oi .-1 jri'llt ue-:,-- 



i.- From the ■ 



s-n.rie- whieh have been relate 



I concerning 1 



That ill.- animal when roused isa 



formidable Coo 



no i-....ni tor doubting ; and Mr- fi i 



,,i ,iv when ..n 



:,„ absconding ill-doer often cost l 



le Latter his exi 



run dnwii; in fact, as will he seen 



From the .pn. 



,.i ..v.-. the mo io hunting was 



usually not pi 



MR. WORRELL'S CHAMPION BLOODHOUND "ROLLO." 



■ ..ii . ij- appearance, A. w oadeM'nLlj intelligent and power- f l'ho 



iid, m. not hi tu',1- lookmj;. and on,- thai seems incapable 3l»th ot 



different pi rsons he 

 Do i1h\ relate i" 

 -,,, whn-h is the in" 

 Fox -l..rv:j 



ii- ii 



it limes 

 ,,,-.: ii 

 huh r I t'- 



ii apparently full "t -t -.:.,-., -. 



. Mo: 



il's 



break up the wounded 

 ieiidi-i--i mercies of a mast ill 

 eertaiutj ofn bloodhound's I , 



more than one specimen "f the breed whieh is thoroughly 

 under control, iiud ol whom, in the presence of it- owner, we 

 -hoiild haw no mis^ivinps under miv l„,l lie- most excep- 

 tional ,-ir. nm-t-iii"-. Kindness and firmness are, we believe, 

 with this breed, asothers, the royal road to successful man 



leiemenr. 



The sub jeef of color is one upon whieh -i-veral conflicting blood :l 

 opinions are brought to ln-jir. All, howev.-i . -.-.-m .■• agree ml \-l-.ill 



that white, if dispersed in large quantities over tho body, is 



1,751, who died a shorl time ago. Ro 



the cia-i ii Pal .• e show la >-■'■'■ whe 

 piip|,.\ , w hen he won > in- to » verj g 

 been shown twenty-seven times, wi 

 i waive lust . and eight second prSces, 



(Sid and chilly; tin 



h„ k ' i. .,:.//.- a CU1 of- the bead ol ii-nrlv nil ■■! Ihe c 



Rollo, E, K. C. S. B. 



"liampl'Hi l'"ox llmiiin^ I'lul." had their meet, onlli, 

 f January, at "W.--I Neck Long Island Tin- morn- 



is not. aJtqgetta 



n. I 



t huddisappe 



SOME OLD-FASHIONED FOX HUNTS. 



i wki.:i-; ago Wednesday 1 

 . \ Friend Emg madegreal pi 

 to hi- death. It was a glorious 

 .•r- ■•! everything; 



At halt-past t . -i ■ b olooh ii, .- bounds w-.-n- throw ,, int., ,-..ve, . 



,-i.t. In about hall an bom- Nelli ned, and continued ■ 



ethiiii a a eold s.'.-ni for about a mile, leading i" [forth I3ea, when the 

 laa -no e hounds were whipped off, 



„, „,,,',„, \ -i.,!' w„s then made fprShinne :oek HiUs, where several 

 covers adjoining Cold Spring were drawn blank. Two foxca 

 i ra, i, - ; .hi the sand "ii the beach", BJtli mgh 



supposed that ■ Eos was near at i, „n I, Part of tnehuutefB 

 took u course tor a favorite place For a fox to Lie, upon a side 

 hill called Sol.on.-iet. N,-ek, the Peconie Bay~adjoiningtt>th£ 

 northwest. AttldBspol thei-t .- ., !,• mnifni vn-n ..wi ti,< 

 " hill faeiii-ih" south iacov 



1,-r i leorge and 



chase Reynard 



Jack hit white 



i foxhound; v 



,Xhli 



saying that a 



mi thi-ehi-l. 

 winning at a; 

 on such a subje 1 

 amount ot white! 

 ingtoTm-berville 

 iua- whim ».-i.- pr 

 This mi 



..j.in- 



endeavors to turn himself inside out, so great was 

 anticipating the sport forthcoming, I w-a- met by 

 uud his doe Jumbo, who is one of the most magn 

 i^ighjng nearly nitu 

 ng dew 

 Sty sky 



,,; !,; breed that l 

 with earsthal brush the in 

 e what picture, outlined 

 I i he .-i ii-.--- -ni bloodhound. Accord- usual equipments, cbneistii 



i.k ..I Hntninu." tin' hoiiiidsslmw- ;l h.okiilj; udass. ro tint 



•vi-r:-l other colors which he gives. . wi \ spear "f his delicat 



• white w .,- p rmiss Looked ' 

 lie addition to a dog's color in tie- 



IUV. It is ther, 1. .1-.. lend todis- 

 . i. in .null.. .fit i. - 



lei- Which .-p.'U 



injury is ce? 



nv hro'thi'i 

 :i'.-. -ni dogi 

 •ty poimds : I 

 splendid 



Id-fashioned, r 



M/or'! hVl el in gentlemen should go 



.M \ l.l.itlii l l,,nl in- . , , , | 



.■I •■,-i-al.." 



tOS 11 a - h.linv should i 



■f the hunters 



in, I woods near Col I .-spin.- "gilt.'' 



i. a -I'.-o commution and i scite- 



,,n :!,. ~i<h I, .11 liei - were thrown 



. ii- 1 to get the hounds there. Old 



red in steal away unseen. 



•a that Ma- hunt -honhi he conducted 



tlvE w.i\ in 1 1 1 1 - locality viz.: the 



■ it ,- .im-. and -iioni ih.- 



-a,-, it beftifj thoughi desirable to I^H 



ilood the young hounds 



■ 3 -place, I The bounds being brought md pm on the .-.-.-ni. the axoite- 



a:n carryin a lounge ment among the humei- became inteuRe. 1; only reg.il 



e.-,,- to h.- remembered thi'ough Lift 5fo 

 ,-i,l to a place thotl imagiae that the old and vonn° could i iconii almost insane 

 cover atiy sunicicnt reason foi- supporting modei-n authoriii<s thought the fox would cross, while I took cb< dogs and m their actions, Captain Rose took ap im 

 wi... ailv.H'.'it" the ilinpinliii'e...ition oi hoaiel- whieh ,-l... w started foe the burrow to start him out. When I amvedat Eha* .n and droppi 



traces ot white U marked too heavily greai injm-v im-,!- Ijhebcu-row, aftera few m-eliniinartesthehoundsbi'Dbsinrth at diaeiieirt l.-.-.-.iin-- : then -. ■ :. ponies, 



i-auiLv dune tii. -ii.i'in. i ■ .pp. -ii- -I.- ■-. lii.lwhii.- 1. -.-..-. lie ,-i i.ti',/.- ui-.i-ru-^ sendinga sound through the air which, to the In- took lut- stand at BuU's Head Creak, which rm.- 

 -. ...M v.;-\- pr.-.bably jeopardize hi-. ')r,n.- ,r- ..I ,-i f.-.s-hunter, is more delight t'ul tlian tin- tiuest. musie inland about a mile, and is a i-ivoni- 



