THE HARRIER. 



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must be confessed that for those who like to watch the hunting 

 powers of a hound regardless of time, and of riding also, the care- 

 ful manner of the harrier, and the way in which he follows every 

 turn and double of the hare, are of high interest ; but I regret to 

 say that in these modern days few followers either of the fox or 

 hare care for these things, and the kind of hound which makes 

 hare-hunting most like fox-hunting is preferred, , and that kind is 

 undoubtedly the foxhound. Besides this difference in style of hunt- 

 ing, the true harrier resembles the bloodhound in tongue much 

 more nearly than the foxhound, and their " cry " is often melo- 

 dious to a degree never reached by any foxhound cross. 



The points of the harrier may be numerically similar to 

 those of the foxhound, but it will be necessary to repeat the 

 deviations in shape as they occur. 



Points of the harrier :— 





VALUE 





TAME 



Head, 



IS 



Elbows, 



5 



Neck, 



5 



Legs and feet, 



20 



Shoulders, 



10 



Colour and coat, 



5 



Chest and back ribs, 



10 



Stern, . 



5 



Loin, 



10 



Symmetry, 



5 



Hind-quarters, 



10 









Total, 



The head, as before remarked, is rather wider between the ears, 

 and the face is longer and hollower under the eyes, which are 

 softer and slightly larger ; ears unrounded, thin in leather, and 

 soft in coat, falling slightly in folds, and nearly meeting on the 

 nose, which is not quite so square as that of the foxhound. There 

 are no absolute flews, but the lips are fuller than those of the 

 foxhound. 



The neck is thinner and less round than that of the foxhound, 

 but except in the case of the Welsh harrier no " throatiness " is 



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