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Henry J. Fisher, estate-owner of Greenwich, Conn., is fond of peace and quiet. One morning last week, his morning slumbers were rudely disturbed at six o'clock by the baying of a full-throated foxhound in the grounds hard by the house. Disgruntled, too angry for mere words, sleepy Henry J. Fisher did what any one else might, or might not, have done. He seized a shotgun, drew a sportsman's aim, blew the hound's life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Hound | 7/12/1926 | See Source »

...made Connaught O'brien with dusky hair and slender perfections and a strong but quiet tongue, and Dermot McDermot honorable, sure in his saddle and loved by dogs-of which there are many about-terriers, deerhounds, foxhound packs and puppies, and the red setter Rory. He wrote the love-making of these two as a slow, certain thing of wry humor and restrained ecstasy, and, as the Irish are, a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Wry Blarney | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...Dido, foxhound of Midlothian, Va., gave birth to 26 puppies in a single litter. Experts declare the interesting event breaks the existing record by 10 puppies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: New World's Records: Jun. 25, 1923 | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

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