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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XX
THE
FOXHOUND
There
is
plenty
of
proof
that
Foxhounds
were
the
very
first
of
the
canine
races
in
Great
Britain
to
come
under
the
domination
of
scientific
breeding.
There
had
been
hounds
of
more
ancient
origin,
such
as
the
Southern
Hound
and
the
Bloodhound;
but
something
different
was
wanted
towards
the
end
of
the
seventeenth
century
to
hunt
the
wild
deer
that
had
become
somewhat
scattered
after
Cromwell's
civil
war.
The
demand
was
consequently
for
a
quicker
hound
than
those
hitherto
known,
and
people
devoted
to
the
chase
began
to
breed
it.
Whether
there
were
crosses
at
first
remains
in
dispute,
but
there
is
more
probability
that
the
policy
adopted
was
one
of
selection;
those
exceptionally
fast
were
bred
with
the
same,
until
the
slow,
steady
line
hunter
was
improved
out
of
his
very
character
and
shape.
At
any
rate,
there
are
proofs
that
in
1710
hounds
were
to
be
found
in
packs,
carefully
bred,
and
that
at
that
time
some
of
the
hunts
in
question
devoted
attention
to
the
fox.
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