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  Harrier (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Harrier is a small dog breed of the hound class, used for hunting rabbits ("hares").
It is a muscular hunting hound with a short, hard coat.
According to one, the earliest Harrier types were crossed with Bloodhounds, the Talbot Hound, and even the Basset Hound.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harrier_(dog)   (398 words)

  
 Beagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Beagle is a medium-sized dog breed and a member of the hound group, similar in appearance to a Foxhound but smaller with shorter legs, and with longer, softer ears.
Beagles are scent hounds used primarily for hunting rabbits to larger hares.
A white scent hound, the Talbot (now extinct) is thought to be a more recent ancestor of the modern day beagle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beagle   (1749 words)

  
 Darcy and Lyn Maddock's Home Page - Talbots
The Talbots proudly wore both as their badge and their name the Family Crest of the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Family name of Talbot.
By 1908 Talbots were already outperforming both the Sunbeam and the Vauxhall cars in sprints and hillclimbs and in 1912 a 4500cc four cylinder engine (105bhp at 2500 revs) was put into a streamlined body on a standard chassis.
With much justification a term used by the papers of the time to describe the successes of the competition Talbots was adopted and all advertising bore the line "The Invincible Talbot" It took Peugeot 7500ccs and then Sunbeam 9000ccs to raise the record a mere 4 miles an hour.
users.tpg.com.au /darcymad/talbots/index.htm   (868 words)

  
 NZKC - Breed Standard - Beagle - Hound
The Beagle was developed in England and is said to descend from the Talbot Hound brought there during the Norman Conquest (1066).
Like all scent hounds, Beagles have retained their hunting instincts and are an independent breed, at times they may prefer to "follow their nose" - ignoring your protests to come back.
A merry hound whose essential function is to hunt, primarily hare, by following a scent.
www.nzkc.org.nz /br416.html   (514 words)

  
 The Hounds   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The monks' hounds were solid fl as well as fl and tan, medium sized, heavily built with a body a bit longer that high having heavy heads and deep flews.
Based on old Norman laws only the aristocracy was allowed to own hounds, the ordinary citizenry was not permitted to hunt and if a commoner was caught owning a hound the dog would either be killed or have a couple of toes cut off so that he could not run.
He cast all his hounds at once, which he could do because he hunted on the same hill every night, and it was the same hill that his grand daddy and his great grand daddy had hunted on every night for the last century.
www.nashobavalleyhunt.org /Hounds.htm   (1893 words)

  
 TigersUnited.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The original family crest depicted a Talbot hound, which was a sporting breed used by nobility - and which gave the name to the car.
The Talbot hound was dropped from the British Kennel Club breed recognition in the early 1900s when none had been registered for many years, and are now thought to be extinct as an identifiable breed.
The insignia used on the Talbot cars is actually over 500 years old and is still the heraldic crest of the Earls Of Shrewsbury who are the senior members of the Talbot family.
www.tigersunited.com /articles/oo-tc/h-dog.asp   (620 words)

  
 Bloodhound Dog and Puppies
It wasn’t until the mid 1500's that hounds began to be classified according to their purpose, i.e.
The Talbot family, who came from Normandy, and were later granted the title of the Earls of Shrewsbury.
Hounds which rely strongly on the sense of smell to follow the trail of a prey, such as the Bloodhound, quite literally follow their noses, speed and eyesight is of less importance.
www.dog-names.org.uk /bloodhound.htm   (2162 words)

  
 Mac Barwick's History: Chapter VI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Like the Sleuth-hound, the Talbot has been regarded as an ancestor of the Bloodhound.  It appears as the name of some English pubs, and is depicted on the signs as a large white hound with long ears, sometimes with spots.
'Talbot' was, in Medieval times a common name for a hound, a sort of 'Fido' of its day.  In a quotation from about 1449, the king referred to John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury as 'Talbott, oure good dogge', perhaps as a play on his name, or in allusion to the family badge.
It is quite a plausible idea that from this starting point the name 'Talbot' was extended to any large heavy white scent hound, and from there helped to establish a breed or type.
bloodhoundclub.co.uk /History/60.htm   (316 words)

  
 Harrier Dog Breed A Hunting Dog History
The Harrier is a swift hunting hound with an excellent nose and superior stamina in the field.
The sport of hound trailing is very popular in the Lake district and the area bordering England and Scotland.
The hounds, following a drag track, are run for speed only; the first one arriving at the finish line is declared the winner.
www.seefido.com /hunting-dogs/html/history_of_the_harrier.htm   (428 words)

  
 Talbot 14-15
The Six-Cylinder Talbot 14-45 was designed to match the quality of the Roll-Royce 20 at half the size, half the weight and a quarter of the Price.
His family crest, a Talbot hound surmounted by a coronet, became their trademark.
In that motoring masterpiece, Georges Roesch and the Invincible Talbot, the late Anthony Blight went so far as to claim that the bottom half of the Jaguar XK engine bore more than a passing resemblance to the Roesch design.
www.btinternet.com /~aff/TickfordOwnersClub/articles/article14.htm   (1907 words)

  
 The Bloodhound
The white variety, which existed in medieval Europe, was called the Talbot Hound.
The Bloodhound is a very powerful, massive hound with a long muzzle, drooping ears, and loose, wrinkled skin.
The coat is easy to care for with a hound's glove and comes in fl and tan, liver and tan, and red and tawny.
www.vetsnab.com /the-bloodhound-dog-breed.html   (401 words)

  
 Spotlight: Black and Tan Coonhound
The Black and Tan Coonhound is first and fundamentally a working dog, a trail and tree hound, capable of withstanding the rigors of winter, the heat of summer, and the difficult terrain over which he is called upon to work.
As members of the hound family, they tend to be very sensitive dogs and don’t like to be in trouble.
Another characteristic of hounds is their determined nature, which calls for obedience classes and immediate establishment of “who’s the boss” in the house – you, not the dog.
members.petfinder.org /~MD149/Spotlightblackandtan.html   (690 words)

  
 Bloodhound | myDogBreeds.com
Its excellent tracking skills were drawn on in the development of other scenthounds, such as the Coonhound, Swiss Jura Hound, Bavarian Mountain Hound, and many others.
In the American antebellum South, the Bloodhound was frequently used to track runaway slaves, which accounts for the large number of Bloodhounds and breeders still located in that region.
The name "Bloodhound" comes from careful breeding in the middle ages, resulting in it being known by the 14th century as the "blooded hound" or Bloodhound, hound of noble ancestry.
www.mydogbreeds.com /dog-breeds/bloodhound.asp   (780 words)

  
 Ballyhalbert
The Talbots came from Herefordshire in England and also settled in Co. Antrim and Dublin.
The Talbots in Ireland are mostly associated with Malahide Castle, which was owned by the Talbot family for almost 800 years.
The barony of Talbotstown still exists in Co. Wicklow and in Dublin City Centre there is a "Talbot Street" which is said to have links with the Talbots.
groups.msn.com /ballyhalbert/thetalbots.msnw   (159 words)

  
 Blood Hound Information
My coat is easy to care for with a hound’s glove, and it comes in fl and tan, liver and tan, and red and tawny.
Throughout the world, breeds such as the American Coonhounds, Swiss Jura Hounds, Brazilian Fila Brasileiro, Bavarian Mountain Hound, and many others trace their lineage back to me, an ancient scent tracker.
My white variety, which existed in medieval Europe, was called the Talbot Hound.
www.findapuppy.com /680t/Blood_Hound-information.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Legend Bloodhounds Breed History
From the early Talbot hounds came the Southern Hounds, which were mostly white and lightly marked.
Hounde was a red brown, generally a solid colour, and is mentioned in Tubervile in 1576.
hounds led their handler to the body of a boy who had been missing for 322 hours.
www.bhlegends.com /breedhistory.html   (4764 words)

  
 Harrier
The Harrier is an ancient breed born in southern England and developed for hunting hare.
He is a close cousin of other old English scenthounds, including the Talbot Hound (white, close-lying coat) and the Old Southern Hound (white with blue spots), himself descended from a strain of Gascon Saintongeois.
This little pack hound works well with other dogs and is easy to lead.
www.furrycritter.com /resources/dogs/Harrier.htm   (178 words)

  
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The Hound of Shadow - Electronic Arts Information compiled by John R. Barnsley FIRST DAY There is very little you can do at the beginning of the game except follow it through to the seance where you can examine people, look around and wait.
John says that he went to Talbot's flat in answer to a note given to his landlady by a woman, and he thinks he knows who.
THE COMING OF THE HOUND (Father Paul examines your homunculus, and says that it has the image of your soul, but is weaker.
hjem.get2net.dk /gunn/Hound_of_Shadow.txt   (1883 words)

  
 Beagle
A white scent hound, the Talbot (now extinct) is thought to be a recent ancestor of the modern-day beagle.
During the Renaissance the Beagle was used to hunt hares in Wales and France.
The name may come from the from the French begueule (meaning "open throat" or, more colloquially, "loudmouth") or from an Old English, French, or Welsh term beag, meaning "small." During 1954 they were the most popular dog in the United States.
puppydogweb.com /beagle.htm   (392 words)

  
 Bloodhound - Pets Wiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In the Middle Ages, they also occurred in other solid colors, including white (known as the Talbot Hound), but these no longer occur.
This dog has been known as a breed since at least the Middle Ages.
Its excellent tracking skills were a target as it was used in the development--intentional or unintentional--of other fine tracking breeds such as the American Coonhound, Swiss Jura Hound, Bavarian Mountain Hound, and many others.
pets.wikia.com /wiki/Bloodhound   (360 words)

  
 Harrier Dog
The Harrier Dog is a small hound, bred for hunting rabbits ('hares').
The Harrier is a small, muscular hunting hound with a short, hard coat.
Some say the earliest Harrier types were crossed with Bloodhounds, the Talbot Hound, and even the Basset Hound.
www.mypets.net.au /flex/harrier/421/1   (379 words)

  
 Talbot Directory at LinkCentre.com
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 Picture of Beagle Hound
Brief Description of the Beagle Hound: The Beagle Hound is British.
This dog is a descendant of the Talbot Hound brought to England during the years of the Norman conquest in 1066.
The Beagle Hound is popular with sports people for tracking down animals such as hares.
www.free-picture-graphic.org.uk /beagle-hound.htm   (172 words)

  
 Harrier Dogs
According to one, the breed was probably developed from crosses of the English Foxhound with Fox Terrier and Greyhound.
According to another, the earliest Harrier types were crossed with Bloodhounds, the Talbot Hound and even the Basset Hound.
In a third source, the Harrier is said to be simply a bred-down version of the English Foxhound.
www.puppypoopy.com /harrier1.html   (84 words)

  
 Foxhound Breed Information - Breeders lists - Puppies for Sale
The English Foxhound was developed using such breeds as the St. Hubert's hound, Talbot hound and several types of Terriers.
They have been carefully bred since the mid -19th century and were used in packs to chase fox with hunters on horseback.
Foxhounds are said to be typical hounds: active, friendly, outgoing, craving company but once on a scent they are oblivious to all and deaf to their owners.
www.dogs4sale.com.au /Breeds/Foxhound/Breed_Fact_Sheet.htm   (336 words)

  
 epets.ca - foxhound (english)
Speedy and determined, the English Foxhound has participated in organized fox hunts since the practice began in the 13th century.
A peppy mix of St. Hubert's Hound, Talbot Hound, several types of Terrier, Bulldog and Greyhound, this breed displays continuous energy.
The dogs have been carefully bred since the mid-19th century and continue to work in hunting packs today.
www.epets.ca /dogs/breeds/foxeng/index.html   (175 words)

  
 Hex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hex utilises the towers' original entrance, and the first part of the queue was formerly the Armoury.
To the left of the entrance is the Talbot hound, now extinct, holding one of the shields that make up the Talbot coat of arms Click the thumbnailed images to enlarge...
The story goes that the rich Earl of Shrewsbury was travelling through the woods on his way home to the Towers one evening.
www.ukrides.info /athex.htm   (366 words)

  
 Doggeek.com
The first written reference to the Beagle dates back to the 15th Century; the name is most likely derived from the Celtic word "beag" which means "small." The Beagle looks most like the Foxhound and is the smallest of the hounds.
colors may be a combination of any of the hound colors.
However, their hound instincts and noses often lead them astray when they pick up an interesting scent.
www.doggeek.com /breeds/b/beagle.shtml   (367 words)

  
 Bloodhound Dog Breed Info, Pic and Temperament
This dog has been known as a breed since at least the Middle Ages and it is the oldest known breed of hound.
Although all dogs can follow scents on the ground, in the air, and in water, the Bloodhound's physical characteristics make it well-known in its ability to follow a scent.
It is believed that pendulous ears and moist, pendulous lips help to trap scent particles, further enhancing its scenting abilities.
dogsobediencetraining.com /dog_breed/bloodhound_breed_info_pic.htm   (796 words)

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