The dog in health and disease : Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten / by Stonehenge.

  • Walsh, J. H. (John Henry), 1810-1888.
Date:
1879
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Credit: The dog in health and disease : Comprising the various modes of breaking and using him for hunting, coursing, shooting, etc., and including the points or characteristics of all dogs, which are entirely rewritten / by Stonehenge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hound. A long maintenance of pace is required rather than a very- fast one for a short distance in both breeds, and for this purpose short levers answer better than very long ones. The hocks should be straight over the backs of the hind-feet. The quarters should not droop, and they should be full of muscle. The fore- quarters, from the shoulder-joints to the arm, should be powerful; elbows placed quite straight and well let down. The legs should be bony and straight, so as to play freely in parallel planes. Ankles strong, and showing no diminution of size below the knee. Lower thigh and fore-arm well clothed with muscle. The feet are cat-like and of fair average size. The horn cover- ing the pads should be thick and hard. There are usually no dew claws on the hind-legs, but nevertheless a great many well- bred dogs possess them, and as in most other breeds, I do not think this a point of any great importance. The stern is carried gaily, but not quite hound-like. It is usually cropped to about one-third its natural length. The coat is hard, thick, and glossy; skin tight without being “ hide-bound.” The colour is always white, with more or less marking of black mix6d with tan (hound colour), lemon, or black. Brindle spots are objected to as indicating the bull-cross, and liver as indicat- ing mongrel blood. Symmetry and size.—In the former point the lancier looks for proportions of the most elegant description consistent with the requisite power. Combined with these should appear a large amount of that indescribable feature called quality. As to size, I have already dilated upon it fully.