HOUND

classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs bred to hunt animals. Most of the dogs in this group hunt by scent, their quarry ranging from such large game as bear or elk to small game and vermin; ground scenters trail slowly with the head low, and air scenters hunt with head breast-high. Also classified as hounds are several long-legged breeds that hunt mainly by sight. A third variety, called treeing hounds, also track by scent; these dogs pursue tree-climbing animals, such as raccoons and opossums. Many scent hounds have a coat characteristically patterned in "hound colors": black, white, and tan. The following 19 hound breeds are registered with the American Kennel Club: Afghan hound, American foxhound, basenji, basset hound, beagle, bloodhound, borzoi, black-and-tan coonhound, dachshund, English foxhound, greyhound, harrier, Irish wolfhound, Norwegian elkhound, otterhound, Rhodesian ridgeback, Scottish deerhound, Saluki, and whippet.

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...General Editor: OWEN DUDLEY EDWARDS THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES SIR ARTHUR CONAN...CLASSICS ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE The Hound of the Baskervilles Another Adventure...Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930. The hound of the Baskervilles: another adventure...
...BAKER, AUTHOR OF "THE RIFLE AND THE HOUND IN CEYLON". "CAST UP BY THE SEA", "THE...sports of the country in the "Rifle and Hound", I shall not dwell at too great length...Bluebeard" -- His Hunt -- A True Hound 194...
...III. BOWSER THE HOUND ISNT FOOLED 9...Browns chickens without awakening Bowser the Hound, and all about the thousand and one ways...feet, as if in great fright. "Bowser the Hound! Come, Reddy, come!" she cried, and started...
...sought confirmation in his verse. "The Hound of Heaven" is as familiar as Miltons...D. Hutton ; several editions of "The Hound of Heaven" and numberless articles and...early in 1894. Love in Dians Lap , "The Hound of Heaven," Sister Songs , were written...
...110 Hound Names 113...64 3.1 Hound graves decorated with lilies 81 3.2 Hound footprint, preserved in concrete...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles 100 Years After: A Review...Essay. by Benjamin F. Fisher The Hound of the Baskervilles Leslie S. Klinger, ed...The Sherlock Holmes Reference Library The Hound of the Baskervilles: Hunting the Dartmoor...
...Sherlock Holmes in the Sign of Four and the Hound of the Baskervilles. by Jesse Oak...emblematic texts, The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles. One of the most powerful...committed overseas. (8) In others, such as The Hound of the Baskervilles, characters are transformed...
The Motif of Names in Bourjailys The Hound of Earth WILLIAM A. FRANCIS Vance Bourjaily The Hound of Earth ( 1955 ), a dark novel of mordant...civilization by the Spanish conquistadors. In The Hound of Earth the only Indian is John Stag...
A Dazzle of Violet and a Green-Doped Hound: Pynchons Miracle of De-struction in Gravitys...intended and hunt him, ride him a green-doped hound through our World, shining and pointed...rocket as the "green-doped and silent hound" is a stroke of imaginative genius that...
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN Lines 16-24 I pleaded, outlaw-wise...FRANCIS THOMPSON Thompsons THE HOUND OF HEAVEN, Lines 16- 24 When we read the word "charities" in line 18 of The Hound of Heaven we are, I think properly, a little...
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The Saluqi: coursing hound of the East. From time immemorial the elegant Saluqi hound has been associated with Arabs. Although ere appears...breed ever since. Her book The Saluqi - Coursing Hound of the East, covering as it does every conceivable...
Style hound: on the street with Bill Cunningham by Guy Trebay If you live in Manhattan, you cannot have failed to see him, a...
Perez Is Burning: The Los Angeles Gossip Hound (Real Name: Mario Lavandeira) Hit the Big Time This Year, Posting People Magazines Brangelina Baby Photos before the Actual Issue...
...William Cook on the enduring appeal of the hound of the Baskervilles, 100 years after first...acquired the stature of a modern myth. The Hound of the Baskervilles has been filmed eight...telling Conan Doyle an ancient yarn about a hound that haunted Dartmoor. Conan Doyle was...
...by Kevin Chappell Before Elvis Presley sang "Hound Dog," Big Mama Thornton had house-trained that canine. Before...then, and its not fair now." Look no further than Presleys "Hound Dog" to see how White artists exploited the creations of Black...
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The Terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles Is a Perfect Tale for...Theatre. Byline: BY PHILIP KEY THE Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan...Much of this will be brought to their new Hound which, as with previous company shows...
Review: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES the Everyman; in Association...ELEMENTARY, my dear readers? Far from it. The Hound of the Baskervilles in the hands of the...family curse; a desolate Dartmoor; spectral hound and a deranged killer on the loose. All...
Hound Dog Day. Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Hound Dog Day From the parched hills of Purcellville, Va., Jesse...ladies and gentlemen, is welcome news. As legend holds, if the hound dog comes out from under the porch and drinks from the water...
Hot Pursuit Makes This Hound Top Dog. Byline: Matt Cooper The...together, and youve got the top pharaoh hound in the country, when it comes to chasing...to 4400 B.C., according to the Pharaoh Hound Club of America. Tai and his breed are...
Yobs Hound Hated for Being Ginger; Yobs Hound out a Family of Redheads. A FAMILY are being forced out of their home by a gang of thugs because of their red hair. Kevin and Barbara Chapman say they and their four young children have already moved...
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HOUND classification used by breeders and kennel clubs to designate dogs bred to hunt animals. Most...such as raccoons and opossums. Many scent hounds have a coat characteristically patterned in "hound colors": black, white, and tan. The following hound breeds are registered with the American Kennel Club: Afghan hound , American foxhound...
AFGHAN HOUND af gan, breed of tall, swift hound originating about 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. Its modern...Afghanistan and introduced into England after World War I. The Afghan hound stands between 24 and 28 in. (61 71.1 cm) high at the shoulder...
BASSET HOUND breed of short-legged, long-bodied hound developed centuries ago in France. It stands from 12 to 15 in. (30.1 38.1 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 25 to 50 lb (11.3 22.7 kg). The short, dense coat is usually black, tan...
IBIZAN HOUND ebe zon, ib , also called Ibizan Podenco, breed of tall, swift dog of ancient origin now found chiefly in the Balearic Islands...
AFRICAN LION HOUND see Rhodesian ridgeback . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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