. The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs. Dogs. THE ENGLISH BLOODHOUND. 253 the haw. Flews long, thin, and pendulous, the upper lip overhanging the lower one. Neck long, with great quantity of loose skin, or dewlap. The skin of the face should be loose and wrinkled, and when the nose is depressed a roll of loose skin should be seen on the forehead. The coat should be close, but rather silky in texture, and the skin thin. Height, dogs from twenty-five to
. The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs. Dogs. THE ENGLISH BLOODHOUND. 253 the haw. Flews long, thin, and pendulous, the upper lip overhanging the lower one. Neck long, with great quantity of loose skin, or dewlap. The skin of the face should be loose and wrinkled, and when the nose is depressed a roll of loose skin should be seen on the forehead. The coat should be close, but rather silky in texture, and the skin thin. Height, dogs from twenty-five to twenty-seven inches shoulder, bitches rather less. Shoulders deep and sloping, brisket particularly well let down, forming a sort of keel between the fore legs; loins broad and muscular; powerful, muscular thighs and second thighs; good legs and round feet, hocks well bent; tapering, lashing stern. The color most generally admired now is black and tan, the legs, feet, and all or part of the face being a tan-color, and the back and sides and the upper. ENGLISH BLOODHOUND PUPPIES. Owned by Mr. J. L. Winchell. Fairhaven, Vermont. part of neck and stern black. There is generally a white star on the chest, and a little white on the feet is admissible. Some fifteen years since, it was not at all uncommon to see white flecks on the back—making the Hound look as if he had been out in a snow-storm—and a white tip to stern. The former pecul- iarity seems, unfortunately, to be quite lost, but the white tip to stern is still sometimes met with. A deep red with tan markings is common; but to my mind, the most beautiful color of all is a tawnj% more or less mixed with black on the back. It is, liowever, rare, and I only know one or two Hounds of this color. The bitch is somewhat smaller than the dog. and in her the head i)rop- erties are not so fully Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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