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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
hounds
were
registered,
as
can
be
seen
now
in
Lord
Middleton's
private
kennel
stud
book,
through
which
his
lordship
can
trace
the
pedigrees
of
his
present
pack
for
a
hundred
and
sixty
years
to
hounds
that
were
entered
in
1760,
got
by
Raytor,
son
of
Merryman
and
grandson
of
Lord
Granby's
Ranter.
Another
pedigree
was
that
of
Ruby,
who
is
credited
with
a
numerous
progeny,
as
she
was
by
Raytor
out
of
Mr.
Stapleton's
Cruel
by
Sailor,
a
son
of
Lord
Granby's
Sailor
by
Mr.
Noel's
Victor.
This
shows
well
how
seriously
Foxhound
breeding
was
gone
into
before
the
middle
of
the
eighteenth
century.
Portraits
prove
also
that
a
hound
approaching
very
closely
to
those
of
modern
times
had
been
produced
at
this
early
period.
By
such
evidence
the
Foxhound
had
outstripped
the
Harrier
in
size
by
nearly
five
inches,
as
the
latter
does
not
appear
to
have
been
more
than
eighteen
inches,
and
the
early
Foxhound
would
have
been
twenty-three
inches.
Then
the
heavy
shoulder,
the
dewlap,
and
jowl
of
the
Southern
Hound
had
been
got
rid
of,
and
the
coat
had
been
somewhat
altered.
The
old
school
of
breeders
had
evidently
determined
upon
great
speed
and
the
ability
to
stay,
through
the
medium
of
deep
ribs,
heart
room,
wide
loins,
length
of
quarter,
quality
of
bone,
straightness
of
fore-leg,
and
round
strong
feet;
the
slack
loined,
loosely
built,
and
splayfooted
hound
of
former
generations
had
been
left
behind.
To
such
perfection,
indeed,
had
the
Foxhound
attained,
that
long
before
the
close
of
the
eighteenth
century
sportsmen
were
clamouring
as
to
what
a
Foxhound
could
do.
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