Noteworthy Bloodhounds
Grafton was the bloodhound in Landseer's famous painting Dignity and Impudence (1839). Both dogs in the picture belonged to Jacob Bell.
Mr T A Jennings' Ch Druid, known as 'Old Druid' was the first bloodhound champion. Born in 1857, he was later bought by Emperor Napoleon III for his son, Prince Eugene Louis Jean Joseph, and taken to France. Photographs of him, of another famous hound, Cowen's Druid, and a bitch named Countess, appear in a rare book from 1865 in the British Library, and may be the oldest photographs of bloodhounds to have survived.
A bloodhound named Nick Carter is frequently cited as the archetype of the trailing bloodhound and the extensive publicity this dog received may be the source of much bloodhound-related folklore. Born in 1900, Nick Carter was owned and handled by Captain G.V. Mullikin of Lexington, Kentucky; he is credited with more than 650 finds, including one that required him to follow a trail 300 hours old, that is 12 days.
Ch. Heathers Knock on Wood, known as Knotty, was one of the most awarded bloodhounds of all time.He received more Best-in-Shows than any other bloodhound, and is the first liver-and-tan bloodhound ever to win a Best-in-Show. Knotty was awarded Best-in-Show at the Eukanuba Tournament in 2005 and won the Hound Group in the Westminster Kennel Club Show the same year. Knotty's offspring have also been showdogs, and as a result many of his puppies receiving the title of "Champion" by the AKC, Knotty was inducted into the AKC's Stud Dog Hall of Fame. He died in the Spring of 2008, from a rattlesnake bite, which he suffered while trying to protect his owner from the snake.
On the popular 1960s sitcom Beverly Hillbillies, veteran canine actor Stretch portrayed Jed's bloodhound Duke.
The US Army 615th Military Police Company, mascot is a bloodhound named for the Company's pet and mascot during Vietnam named Andy.
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