| Frank Forester - 1868 - 522 páginas
...admirably described by the latter writer in the following passage. " Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his shoulders back...his head small ; his neck thin ; his tail thick and bushy — if he carry it well, so much the better ; . . a small head, however, as relative to beauty... | |
| John George Wood - 1870 - 822 páginas
...has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his shoulders back...his head small ; his neck thin; his tail thick and bushy ; if he carry it well, so much the better. Such hounds as are out at the elbows, and such as... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1870 - 564 páginas
...singular to relate, endorsed by huntsmen of the present day : " Let his legs be straight as arrows ; his feet round, and not too large ; his shoulders...his head small ; his neck thin ; his tail thick and bushy — if he carry it well so much the better. Such sounds as are out at the elbows and such as... | |
| John Henry Walsh - 1871 - 1024 páginas
...peculiarities. Beckford describes the model hound as follows : — "Let his legs be straight as arrows; his feet round, and not too large ; his shoulders...his head small; his neck thin; his tail thick and bushy — if he carry it well so much the better. . . A small head, however, as relative to beauty... | |
| Thomas Pearce - 1872 - 316 páginas
...time. " Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his chest deep, and back broad ; his head small, his neck thin, his tail thick and brushy ; if he carries it well, so much the better. Such young Hounds as are out at the elbows, and such as are weak... | |
| Nimrod - 1874 - 418 páginas
...much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be as straight as arrows ; his feet round, and not too large ; his shoulders...small ; his neck thin ; his tail thick and brushy, and if he carry it well, so much the better.' Now the hound that would answer to either of these descriptions... | |
| Charles Hallock - 1877 - 914 páginas
...proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large, his shoulders well back, his breast rather wide than narrow, his chest...his head small, his neck thin, his tail thick and bushy, and if he carry it well so much the better. Many of our friends will say it is impossible to... | |
| John Henry Walsh - 1878 - 1090 páginas
...describes the model hound as follows : — " Let his legs be straight as arrows ; his feet round, and pot too large ; his shoulders back ; his breast rather...his head small ; his neck thin ; his tail thick and bushy — if he carry it well so much the better. . . A small head, however, as relative to beauty... | |
| J. Nevill Fitt - 1879 - 394 páginas
...two : — " Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his chest deep and back broad ; his head small, his neck thin, his tail thick and bushy — if he carries it well, so much the better. Such young hounds as are out at elbows, and such... | |
| Dogs - 1882 - 134 páginas
...singular to relate, endorsed by huntsmen of the present day: " Let his legs be straight as arrows ; his feet round, and not too large ; his shoulders...his head small ; his neck thin ; his tail thick and bushy — if he carry it well so much the better. Such hounds as are out at the elbows and such as... | |
| |