Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . ut. Feet must beround and catlike, hind quarters wide anddeep, hocks strong and straight and closeto the ground; stern carried high andslightly feathered; point straight. Theusual standard of size for the dog pack istwenty-four inches, twenty-two and a half 146 SPORT ON LAND AND WATER for the bitch pack, and twenty-three forthe mixed pack. The Enghsh foxhounds of the presentday are beautiful animals to look at, areunder perfect control, and succeed in kill-ing a suflScient number of foxes during theseason to afford sport. If they
Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . ut. Feet must beround and catlike, hind quarters wide anddeep, hocks strong and straight and closeto the ground; stern carried high andslightly feathered; point straight. Theusual standard of size for the dog pack istwenty-four inches, twenty-two and a half 146 SPORT ON LAND AND WATER for the bitch pack, and twenty-three forthe mixed pack. The Enghsh foxhounds of the presentday are beautiful animals to look at, areunder perfect control, and succeed in kill-ing a suflScient number of foxes during theseason to afford sport. If they had, inaddition to their present quaUties, thenose that is demanded in the Americanfoxhound, England would soon be shortof foxes, and fox-hunting would cease tobe the popular sport it now is. Well-bred foxhounds have always broughthigh prices in England. One of the mostremarkable sales took place at Hyde ParkCorner in 1842, when Mr. Osbaldestonspack was sold at auction. One hundredand twenty-seven hounds were sold for6511 guineas, or upward of £100 a ENGLISH FOXHOUND, EARLY XX CENTURY
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