Intimately blended with the Bloodhound is this now rare Staghound. It is supposed to have derived its origin from the Bloodhound and Greyhound, this latter animal being employed on account of its superior speed. These Stag-hounds are very powerful, are possessed of great capabilities of scent, and able like the Bloodhound to bold to the trail on which it is laid, and to distinguish it even among a crowd. These dogs have been known to run a distance of fifty miles in pursuit of a stag.

Now it is necessary that the Staghound should be a courageous as well as a powerful animal, for when the stag is brought to bay it becomes a formidable antagonist, dashing boldly at the nearest foe, whether man or dog, and often inflicting by the stroke of its sharp antlers a mortal wound upon any dog within its reach.