. 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,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 from 44 inches to 50 inches. In referring to some of the earlyexamples of the Basset - hound inFrance, Sir John Millais wrote that it might be interesting to note froma breeders point of view the gradualdevelopment of this hound to moderntimes from the mating of Fino deParis and Tr
. 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,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 from 44 inches to 50 inches. In referring to some of the earlyexamples of the Basset - hound inFrance, Sir John Millais wrote that it might be interesting to note froma breeders point of view the gradualdevelopment of this hound to moderntimes from the mating of Fino deParis and Trouvette, over a quarterof a century ago. Sir Johns care-fully compiled pedigrees of his dogsare too long for quotation, but Finode Paris was taken as the principalfactor in the line of descent, and byinbreeding to this type the ChampionsForester, Psyche, Paris, Xena, Xitta,Isola, Bowman, and many other spe-cimens of high quality were is to be regretted that owners of thisbeautiful hound are not more specimens are still to be seen atthe leading exhibitions, but the breed isgreatly in need of encouragement. Whenthe pioneers who had done so much to. MR. J. W. PROCTORS SMOOTH BASSET-HOUND BITCH CH. QUEEN OF THE GEISHA. Photograph by T. Fall. These measurements are all smaller thanwould apply to a typical hound at the presenttime, but it may be stated that the forelegsof the smooth Basset should not be longerthan five to six inches from elbow to foot, establish the Basset retired the presentwriter endeavoured to continue their bred my hounds from the purest strain only,and was successful in those which I broughtout, striving always towards improvement. THE BASSET-HOUND. 303 I was most careful in selecting those of thebest type, with sound straight legs and goodfeet, eliminating all that did not possessdistinct qualifications for sport and exhi-bition, and with most satisfactory results,the Champions Paris and Xena never havingbeen beaten in comp
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