. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . -s-sssr THE SMOOTH BITCH SAN DRINGH AM DIDO BY COL. ANNANDS TARQUIN VIOLA. PROPERTY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. time Mrs. Tottie owned the finest kennelof both rough and smooth Bassets in theBritish Isles. She considered the roughvariety more delicate than the smooth—anopinion which is not commonly with most imported breeds, the Basset- 3°: THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. hound when first exhibited was requ
. The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment . -s-sssr THE SMOOTH BITCH SAN DRINGH AM DIDO BY COL. ANNANDS TARQUIN VIOLA. PROPERTY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALEXANDRA. time Mrs. Tottie owned the finest kennelof both rough and smooth Bassets in theBritish Isles. She considered the roughvariety more delicate than the smooth—anopinion which is not commonly with most imported breeds, the Basset- 3°: THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. hound when first exhibited was required toundergo a probationary period as a foreigndog in the variety class at the principalshows. It was not until 1880 that a classwas provided for it by the Kennel MRS TOTTIES SMOOTH BASSET-HOUND DOG CH. LOUIS LE BEAU. Photograph by A. Homey, Settle. The hounds originally imported were some-what smaller than those of to-day. Sir JohnMillais historic couple, Model and Garenne,were considered the best of their measurements and weights were asfollows : — Model. Garenne 7\ 46 2j28 Height at shoulder . 12 ins. 9* ins. Length of nose to set on of tail . . 32 ins. 29 ins. Length of tail n| ins. 9 ins. Girth of chest 25 ins. 20 ins. Girth of loin . 21 ins. 16 ins. Girth of head 17 ins. 13 ins. Girth of forearm 6J- ins. 5 ins. Length from occiput to tip of nose . 9 ins. 8 ins. Girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose . 9i ins. 7 ins. Length of ears from tip to tip ... >9 ins. 17 ins. Height from ground, fore feet .... 2j ins. 2* ins. the girth of chest, 24 inches to 25 inches,height at the shoulder, 12 inches, the earsfrom tip to tip 22 inches, and the lengthfrom the point of the nose to the tip ofthe tail f
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