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It is believed that the forerunner of the present Bloodhound arrived in Britain with the Normans in 1066 and were bred by the monks of the monastery of St Hubert in Belgium, and he is known as the Chien de St Hubert in Belgium. At the time of the Norman Conquest they were known as Segusius and were used for tracking predators and game. The black and tan hounds developed into what are now Bloodhounds and the white hounds were called Talbots; Talbots are frequently seen represented on Coats of Arms. They made their first appearance in the show ring in the second part of the 19thC and have remained unusually consistent in breed type since that time.

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