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has been used as a cross merely to obtain his very muscular and compact frame, 
and not for a disposition to combat. The points of a well-bred bull dog are aa 
follows: Head round, skull high, eye of moderate size and forehead deeply 
sunk between them, ears partly erect and diminutive, growing from the top 
of the head and close together ; nose short, and having good chops ; back short, 
somewhat arched towards the tail, which in well-bred specimens is fine and of 
medium length. The coat is always fine, the chest deep and broad, legs mus- 
cular with good bone, and the foot hare like. The bull terrier, as his name 
would indicate, is a cross of the English terrier and bull dog, and has the 
muscular frame of the last combined with the activity of the former. Having 
been almost exclusively used and trained for fighting purposes, this breed of 
dog by such cultivation has become irascible to a high degree, and is now 
most noted for his mignacity, 
TIIE BLOODHOUND 
Derives his name from the power he possesses of following the scent of 
wounded animals, and to single out from a number of deer one that has been 
crippled and hurt, and to stick to his trail until run down. I he true blood- 
hound, as he was bred years ago, does not now exist m Great Britain. ia 
breed is doubtless extinct; but in Cuba and in the Southern States a dog less 
pure is used for hunting the deer and following runaway negroes, much resem- 
bling the old English bloodhound, and is still plentiful. 
The following are the points of this dog. Height 24 to 26 inches, long and 
narrow head, ears 7 to 10 inches, lips low hanging, throat pendulous with 
plenty of skin. Deep brisket, body round, broad loins, stout legs, straight feet 
and powerful thighs, tail fine and tapering. 
Color black and tan, red or fawn. No white should be seen except on the 
tip of the tail. 
The texture of the bloodhound’s coat should be coarser than that of the 
pointer’s, yet smooth and glossy. His voice low and deep, with much melody. 
Disposition very courageous, yet kind and gentle. 
THE FOX HOUND 
Differs from the bloodhound in being not quite so tall. Height should be 20 
to 24 inches. Head smaller and fuller in comparison, lips low, hanging, but. 
with not quite so much flew,” less loose skin about the neck, or less “ throaty ” 
an appearance. Legs more curved, and shoulders more oblique and better 
formed for speed. The ears of the fox hound in England are always cropped 
or rounded off at t\ie ends ; if allowed to grow, as they are in this country, they 
would be low and hanging. Tips fox hound, otherwise than the above differ- 
ences, resembles the bloodhound Those «iet with in the United States seem 
to have been crossed with the bl§<?dhound of the Southern Stqtes, qud show 
