ENGLISH FOXHOUND

breed of medium-sized, swift hound perfected in England in the 17th and 18th cent. It stands from 21 to 25 in. (53.3–63.5 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 60 to 70 lb (27.2–31.8 kg). Its short, dense coat is glossy and usually black, tan, and white in color. The English foxhound, whose origins probably go back to French hounds of the 14th cent., was first used in packs to hunt foxes in the mid-17th cent. This sport, a favorite of the aristocracy, whose practice it was to follow the hounds on horseback, encouraged the careful breeding of the foxhound. By 1800 stud books had been published recording the lineages of all English foxhounds. The slightly smaller American foxhound was developed from it, as were many present-day varieties of coonhound. Still used in foxhunting, the English foxhound can be trained to hunt almost any ground game. See dog.

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1.
English Landed Society in the Nineteenth Century
Book by F. M. L. Thompson; Routledge & K. Paul, 1963
Subjects: Great Britain--Gentry, Great Britain--Social Conditions, Land Tenure--Great Britain
ENGLISH LANDED SOCIETY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES...LEARNING AND LIVING, 1790-1960: A Study in the History of the English Adult Education Movement J. F. C. Harrison HEAVENS...England and the United States Kathleen Woodroofe ENGLISH LANDED SOCIETY in the eighteenth century G. E. Mingay...
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America Is West: An Anthology of Middlewestern Life and Literature
Book by John T. Flanagan; University of Minnesota Press, 1945
Subjects: American Literature, American Literature--West (U.S.), Fiction
...education Lincoln became a master of English prose. The opening selection in this book...instructor and assistant professor of English at the University of North Dakota, where...spent in California as a member of the English department of Pomona College. Rickaby...
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Chaseworld: Foxhunting and Storytelling in New Jersey's Pine Barrens
Book by Mary Hufford; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992
Subjects: Folklore--New Jersey--Pine Barrens, Fox Hunting--New Jersey--Pine Barrens--Folklore, Pine Barrens (N.J.)--Social Life And Customs, Storytelling--New Jersey--Pine Barrens
...The anthropologist Edmund Leach termed English-style foxhunting "a barbarous ritual...backdrop the movements of parti- colored foxhounds, black and brown and splashed with white...off the headlights on a pickup full of foxhounds. And on Reeves Bogs Road a truck door...
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The Road to Oran: Anglo-French Naval Relations, September 1939-July 1940
Book by Geoffrey Till, David Brown; Frank Cass, 2003
Subjects: France--Military Relations--Great Britain, Great Britain--Military Relations--France, Mers El Kebir (Algeria)--History, Naval--20th Century, Mers-El-Kebir, Attack On, 1940, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, British, World War, 1939-1945--Naval Operations, French
...Economica, 1994. Preface The majority of Englishmen, if asked to identify their countrys...South-West Approaches until they cleared the English Channel northbound. French material...German armoured columns had reached the English Channel and Darlan had so distributed...
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Red Star East: The Armed Forces of Russia in Asia
Book by Greg Austin, Alexey D. Muraviev; Allen & Unwin, 2000
Subjects: National Security--Russia, Russia--Armed Forces--Russia--Russian Far East, Russia--Armed Forces--Russia--Siberia, Eastern, Russia--Armed Forces--Russia--Siberia, Western, Russia--Armed Forces--Russia--Ural Mountains Region, Russia--Defenses, Russia--Military Policy
...and mass participation. The 1993 Constitution provides protections of the individual person similar to those found in the English Magna Carta , the British Bill of Rights, and their US counterparts. But so too did the 1977 Soviet Constitution. But as...
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Dogs and People: The History and Psychology of a Relationship
Journal article; Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, Vol. 24-26, 1996
Subjects: Authors--Addresses, essays, lectures, Coren, Stanley--Addresses, essays, lectures, Dog breeds--Social aspects, Dog owners--Psychology and mental health, Dogs--Social aspects, Psychologists--Addresses, essays, lectures
...Retriever Nova Scotia Duck Toller Old English Sheepdog Portuguese Water Dog Soft...Airedale Alaskan Malamute American Foxhound American Water Spaniel Black And...Borzoi Chinese Shar-Pei Dalmatian English Foxhound German Short-Haired Pointer Greyhound...


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Narvik: the Battle That Ultered the Outcome of World War Two
Magazine article by Owen Gault; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, September 2009
...and five others (HMS Kimberley, Hero, Icarus, Forester and Foxhound) - accompanied by Fairey Swordfish and Hawker Hurricane aircraft...his invasion fleet as it made its way across the embattled English Channel. Another serious major repercussion of the destroyers...
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Barking Up the Right Tree: A Night on the Heels of America's Premier Female Coon Hunter
Magazine article by Burkhar Bilger; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, January 1996
Subjects: Hunting dogs, Raccoons
...purpose, so they threw English foxhounds, Cuban bloodhounds...six coonhound breeds--English, Plott, bluetick, redbone...light on her feet--more foxhound than bloodhound--Sandy...Berton Oney has sent his English hounds after coons for...
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Barking Up the Right Tree
Magazine article by Burkhard Bilger; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 277, January 1996
Subjects: Coon hunting--Portrayals, Hunting
...purpose, so they threw English foxhounds, Cuban bloodhounds...six coonhound breeds--English, Plott, bluetick, redbone...light on her feet--more foxhound than bloodhound--Sandy...Berton Oney has sent his English hounds after coons for...
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Reference Works
Magazine article by Jeffrey Hammond; American Scholar, Vol. 72, Winter 2003
Subjects: Books and reading--Personal narratives, Reference books--Personal narratives, Reference works--Personal narratives
...tiny red Langenscheidt Lilliput Dictionaries, French-English and Latin-English. Never mind that I wouldnt study a foreign language...the entrance. Distracted by Kurath and Kuhns Middle English Dictionary or the Encyclopedia Judaica or an atlas...
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Sport - Tallyho and Tribulation
Magazine article by Stephen Budiansky; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 286, September 2000
Subjects: Fox hunting--Social aspects, Fox-hunting--Social aspects, Hunters--Practice, Hunting--Psychological aspects, Sports--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
...recognized" hunts, was more English than the English, a way for nouveau riche northern plutocrats...exclusively for the idle rich. About half the foxhound packs in North America hunt coyotes, which...equitation" were expressing dismay about how English squires let their horses gallop during...
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newspaper articles on: English Foxhound  - 13 results

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A Stable Life: Hunting for a Role as Hugh Grant in the English Countryside; Rider: Rory Knight Bruce
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 2, 2008
...Role as Hugh Grant in the English Countryside; Rider: Rory Knight...same spirit. A Devon Masterof Foxhounds who summoned his sons to supper...well-thumbed copies of The Foxhound Kennel Studbook and BestHunting...the ghastlylocal master of foxhounds, coming round) and he even...
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English Manager Left Cooling Heels
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), March 20, 2008
...make excellent ice cream) and it has, rather surprisingly, an English manager. The manager did not like the look of the books, so...have wonderful memories. I remember once picking up an old foxhound bitch who been sent 200 miles to be warded by a famous doghound...
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THE GODMOTHER Cold-Blooded Murders, Extortion Rackets.And a Housewife from Rochdale. the Extraordinary Truth about Howan English Girl Went to Italy as a Dancer - and Ended Up Running One of Sicily's Most Murderous Mafia Families; Articles
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 13, 2007
...It is that of Hathaways emaciated and sickly pet foxhound, Bricole (which in English means crumbs), which I found simpering forlornly...as one local resident remarked: We thought the English loved their pets. What kind of woman would treat...
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The Star Witness Dogged in Pursuit of the Truth
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 22, 1996
...in Winfrith, Dorset, where the English foxhound puppy was being prepared for his...Bulford camp, Wiltshire, bought the foxhound for his four children for pounds...Drake told Mr Collins the dog was a foxhound, said Mr Gau. `She said he had...
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Every Dog Has Its Day, and Today the Nation's Top Canine Is the Labrador Retriever
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), July 25, 2004
Subjects: American Kennel Club
...Sealyham terrier, German pinscher, Canaan, komondor, American foxhound, harrier, otterhound and, in last place, the English foxhound. - Scott Maben TOP DOG BREEDS United States 1. Labrador retriever 2. Golden retriever 3. Beagle 4...
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encyclopedia articles on: English Foxhound  - 4 results

 
 
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English Foxhound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ENGLISH FOXHOUND breed of medium-sized, swift...black, tan, and white in color. The English foxhound, whose origins probably go back to...published recording the lineages of all English foxhounds. The slightly smaller American foxhound...
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Foxhound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FOXHOUND see American foxhound ; English foxhound . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Harrier , Breed of Dog
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...England by the Normans. However, the dog we know today is most probably a bred-down version of the foxhound (see English foxhound ), of which it is an exact replica except for its smaller size. The harrier was originally and still is used in packs...
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Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...foxhound , basenji , basset hound , beagle , bloodhound , borzoi , black-and-tan coonhound , dachshund , English foxhound , greyhound , harrier , Irish wolfhound , Norwegian elkhound , otterhound , Rhodesian ridgeback , Scottish...


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