Blood-Hound
a variety of hound or dog, so called from the ability which it possesses to trace a wounded animal by the smell of any drops of blood which may have fallen from it. It is the canis familiaris, variety B. sagax, of Linnæus, now called variety sanguinaria. It is the sleuth-hound of the Scotch. It has large, pendulous ears, a long curved tail, is of a reddish tan color, and stands about 28 inches high. The breed is not now often pure. There are other subvarieties, especially the Cuban blood-hound, used in the Maroon wars in Jamaica during the 18th century, as well as in tracking criminals in the United States. The African blood-hound is used in hunting the gazelle.