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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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Book by Arthur Conan Doyle, W. W. Robson; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: England--Fiction, Fiction, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious Character)--Fiction, Private Investigators--England--Fiction
...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...
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Eight Years Wanderings in Ceylon
Book by Sir Samuel W. Baker; J. B. Lippincott, 1883
Subjects: Sri Lanka--Description And Travel
...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...
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The Adventures of Reddy Fox
Book by Thornton W. Burgess, Harrison Cady; Little Brown, and Company, 1923
Subjects: Fiction
...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...
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Poems of Francis Thompson
Book by Terence L. Connolly, Francis Thompson; D. Appleton-Century, 1934
Subjects: Poetry
...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...
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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
...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 Motif of Names in Bourjaily's the Hound of Earth
Journal article by William A. Francis; Critique, Vol. 17, 1976
Subjects: Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism
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...
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Thompson's the Hound of Heaven, Lines 16- 24
Journal article by John P. Levay; The Explicator, Vol. 41, 1982
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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A Dazzle of Violet and a Green-Doped Hound: Pynchon's Miracle of De-Struction in Gravity's Rainbow
Journal article by Judith Chambers; Critique, Vol. 32, 1991
Subjects: Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism
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...
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Thoreau's Walden
Journal article by Collamer M. Abbott; The Explicator, Vol. 56, 1998
Subjects: American Literature--History And Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism
Thoreaus WALDEN "I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse and a turtle-dove and am still...plays with his metaphorical loss of a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle-dove. They are...significant that Thoreau admits that the "hound and horse may perhaps be the symbols...
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The Seminoles, the "Bloodhound War," and Abolitionism, 1796-1865
Journal article by John Campbell; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 72, 2006
Subjects: Abolition of slavery--History, Slavery--Emancipation, Slavery--History, United States history--Analysis
...more convenient categories of dog and hound, Wood is assuming more than he should...Maroons in Jamaica by employing the Blood Hound." (22) As Jesups recommendation indicates...elude any number of troops ... the blood hound ... he cannot elude: ... the keen scent...
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The Saluqi: Coursing Hound of the East
Magazine article; The Middle East, May 1996
Subjects: Dog breeds--History, Goodman, Gail--Criticism, interpretation, etc., The Saluqi - Coursing Hound of the East (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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...
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The Dog That Barked in the Night: William Cook on the Enduring Appeal of the Hound of the Baskervilles, 100 Years after First Publication
Magazine article by William Cook; New Statesman, Vol. 130, December 17, 2001
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Holmes, Sherlock (Fictional character)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...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...
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The Hound of the Data Points
Magazine article by Bruce Grierson; Popular Science, Vol. 262, April 2003
Subjects: Algorithms, Investigations, Rossmo, Kim, Serial murders
The Hound of the Data Points by Bruce Grierson Until he was called in on the...system is mathematics." You might think of Rossmo out walking his faithful hound, Rigel. Rossmo himself is "soft science"--a sleuth out gathering data from...
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Up Close and Personal: Stripped Bare, the Flamenco Superstar Is More of a Puppy Than a Sleek Hound
Magazine article by Sanjoy Roy; New Statesman, Vol. 138, February 16, 2009
Subjects: Cortes, Joaquin (British dancer)--Performances, Dancers--Performances
...Bare, the Flamenco Superstar Is More of a Puppy Than a Sleek Hound. by Sanjoy Roy Joaquin Cortes Unleashed Roundhouse...now reveal a different side: Cortes unleashed is not the sleek hound you might have expected--hes more of a puppy. PICK OF THE WEEK...
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Style Hound: On the Street with Bill Cunningham
Magazine article by Guy Trebay; Artforum International, Vol. 34, March 1996
Subjects: Cunningham, Bill--Practice, Fashion photography--Practice, Photographers--Practice
Style hound: on the street with Bill Cunningham by Guy Trebay If you live in Manhattan, you cannot have failed to see him, a...
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The Terrifying Hound of the Baskervilles Is a Perfect Tale for People like Us; Theatre
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 26, 2007
Subjects: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Novel)
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...
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Review: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES the Everyman; in Association With
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), February 23, 2007
Subjects: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Novel)
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...
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Hound Dog Day
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 3, 2006
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...
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Release the Hound! ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 13, 2009
Subjects: Doyle, Arthur Conan
Release the Hound! ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Byline...inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyles The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Is this correct? What...Fletcher Robinson in the creation of The Hound Of The Baskervilles. It was he who first...
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ARTS DIARY: THEATRE the Hound of the Baskervilles/ Everyman Theatre, Liverpool
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 21, 2007
ARTS DIARY: THEATRE the Hound of the Baskervilles/ Everyman Theatre...Mr Holmes, the footprints of a gigantic hound!" Without my book of quotations, I am...that is one of the great lines from The Hound of the Baskervilles, one which held readers...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hound  - 30 results

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Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Afghan Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Basset Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...
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Ibizan Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IBIZAN HOUND ebe zon, ib , also called Ibizan Podenco, breed of tall, swift dog of ancient origin now found chiefly in the Balearic Islands...
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African Lion Hound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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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