The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
NV 'n,,am,e9first sprung from Holy HUI

i'A1y nameGfrst sprung from Holy HUI
bert's race,
souyllard, my sire, a hound of singular
grace.
AS nothing in the early existence OF
England w/ld appear to indicate the
prestige which she was destined to attain
in the hunting field, It will be useless to
search among the barbarian inhabitants
OF the island when first discovered by
Tyran mariners, for evidence of an art
which properly belongs to an age Of adj
yanced civilization such a S England never
knew until the invasion by the Norlnans
brought across the English Channel the
polite use OF language, refinement OF man
ner. and that chivalrous spirit OF knight
MOOD which wrested from the ferocious
hand of ignorance the hunting horn and
identified the horse and hound with no.
blemen. {;
Somewhere between the age of bronze
and the appea rance of the sturdy race OF
warriors, whom the Romans gave the
name of Gauls, the hound became friend
OF man. and his association with master
marks the beginning of an art which has
steadily advanced with the Norman ana
AnElo-SaXon civilization.
The hound is supposed by some natur-
alists to have dIscended from the wolf,
but no adequate proof of this relation.
exists 10 warrant the belief that any
erandparent OF the fox-hound ever
sucked Rbmulus and Renus-as the fable
goes-but. from whatever source sprung
the projenitor Of the Anglo Saxon hound,
in the language of Culver, his domestlca-
tlon is .the completest, the most singu-
lar and the most use full conquest made
by man..
Near Carmac, little village OF Brit
tainy in the extreme west of France. a
row OF lIchen covered boulders, similar
ia the rocks OF heather Stonehedge IN
England. appear like an army. OF tresur-
rected giants advancing to meet the,
stranger, and before returning TO the 70.
mantle forest OF Ardennes to follow the
'dogges that pursue the struggled cha ces,
II may be we'll to pause over the relics
OF a Buried race, whose origin. Ike the
origin OF the Astatic, IS shrouaeo W n'ss-
terry. -
Through the dim vista OF ages there is
not ono ray OF light shed upon the build
ara Of these memory! stones" but In
caves near by have been discovered frag-
ments Of reindeer horns and tusks OF the
hoar-eyidences of sport-which have out
lived the memory Of a, people who made
no history but laid the foundation OF
what has become one OF the most power
ful$ nations OF modern times.
Wha lever relation existed between the
nrdmatiye races OF man who raised the
monumental stones Of Franco and EnG-
lind the progress OF tho nrt OF hunting
IL 20 closely identified with the progress
of the two nations that while the origin
Of the Anglo-SaXon hound Is to pc round
south Of the English Channel. his devel-
opment and training belongs to that INN
table class OF sportsmen to whom the
would lis indebted for all that Is worth
;,erpetuating In tho hunting field,
"A early ms the seventh century the
employment of the hound that pursued
rame by scent had become an established
method OF flntIng the stag, Wild boar
and wolf In tho forests OF France, u holy
tradition can be believed, while hunting
in England was yet In Its infancy
occurred In November of the year 727. tho
.'cola blacke breed" which bear his nama,
ware gradually dispersed through the
counties among dlfferent hIntsmon Of
the age, who valued them for their en-
durance and acute sense OF smell
Indeed. the hunting qualities OF this
breed have been mentioned ~ prose and
verse by writer's from the middle ages
to the last English poet who immortal
ICED them In '"rhe Lady of the Lake"
In a. book dedicated to thu Prince of
7 .orayne. the color OF the famous blood
hound Souyllard Is described as being
white which indicates that many coors
originated from crosses upon this strain;
nor, Indeed, IS the breed of Saint Hubert
to he considered hut ms one OF many
breeds of hounds found In the possession
of the Anglo-saxon during q period when
The crudest weapons of war nut him al
most upon equal footing with the danger
Gus stag or desperate boar at bay.
off thou be hurt with hart It brings thee
to thy bier;
But BARRIERS hand will boar's hurt heal
therefore, thou needst not fear
Hounds of such remote period are
difficult of description, From specimens
which are found N the Boyeas tapestry
and in the Royal and Harleian manu-
scripts, they must have been Of much
inferior kind to the English foxhollnd OF
the present time While the modern
hound outrtyals his rugged ancestor In
form and appearance. having a Gertain
color fixed hyTa careful systemrof breed
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