The English Foxhound is one of the four foxhound breeds of dog. It is a cousin of the American Foxhound. They are scent hounds, bred to hunt foxes by scent.
Description
Appearance
The breed standards' guidelines for showing English Foxhounds requires them to be tall at the withers. The skull is thick and the muzzle is long. The legs are muscular, straight-boned, and the paws are rounded, almost cat-like. The English Foxhound comes in any hound colour.
History
The English Foxhound has been bred for over two hundred years, with the stud books dating back before 1800.
During the British rule in India, English Foxhounds were exported to India for the purpose of jackal coursing,Thirteen years among the wild beasts of India: their haunts and habits from personal observation with an account of the modes of capturing and taming elephants by George P. Sanderson, published by Asian Educational Services, 2000, though due to the comparatively hotter weather, they were rarely long lived.The living animals of the world; a popular natural history with one thousand illustrations Volume 1: Mammals, by Cornish, C. J., 1858-1906; Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917; Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927; Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, published by New York, Dodd, Mead and Company Foxhounds were preferred for this purpose over greyhounds, as the former was not as fast, and could thus provide a longer, more sporting chase.A monograph of the canidae by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890
Studbooks for the English foxhound have been kept since the 18th century.
See also Dogs portal List of dog breeds
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