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Title: 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
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ders, and Chest.—The neckis long, the shoulders muscular and well slopedbackwards ; the ribs arc well sprung, and thechest well let down between the forelegs, forminga deep keel. 15. Legs and Feet.—The forelegs are straightand large in bone, with elbows squarely set ;the feet strong and well knuckled up ; the thighsand second thighs (gaskins) are very muscular ;the hocks well bent and let down and squarelyset. 16. Back and Loins.—The back and loins arestrong, the latter deep and slightly arched. 17. Stern.—The stern is long and tapering andset on rather high, with a moderate amount ofhair underneath. 18. Gait.—The gait is elastic, swinging, andfree—the stern being carried high, but not toomuch curled over the back. 19. Colour.—The colours are black-and-tan,red-and-tan, and tawny — the darker coloursbeing sometimes interspersed with lighter orbadger-coloured hair and sometimes flecked withwhite. A small amount of white is permissible onchest, feet, and tip of stern. 152
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THE LATE DUKE OF HAMILTONS PACK OF OTTERHOUNDS.Photograph by C. Rcid, Wishaw. CHAPTER XIV.THE OTTERHOUND. BY GEORGE S. LOWE. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind.So flewd, so sanded ; and their heads are hungWith ears that sweep away the morning dew ;Crook-kneed, and dew-lappd like Thessalian THE Otterhound is a descendant of theold Southern Hound, and there isreason to believe that all houndshunting their quarry by nose had a similarsource. Why the breed was first calledthe Southern Hound, or when his usebecame practical in Great Britain, mustbe subjects of conjecture ; but that therewas a hound good enough to hold a linefor many hours is accredited in historythat goes very far back into past cen-turies. The hound required three centu-ries ago even was all the better esteemedfor being slow and unswerving on a lineof scent, and in many parts of the King-dom, up to within half that period, theso-called Southern Hound had been especi-ally employed. In Devonshire and Walesthe last

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