draghound (draghound)

A hound trained to follow a drag or artificial scent. See drag, 1 (f). What is often spoken of as fox-hunting around New York is not fox-hunting at all, in the English sense of the term, but an entirely different, although allied form of sport, namely, riding to drag -hounds. The Century , XXXII. 335. drag-hunt (drag'hunt), n. A hunt in which a drag or artificial scent, as an anise-seed bag, is substituted for a fox; a drag. See drag , n., 4. The advantage of a drag - hunt is that many men are limited in time, and cannot potter round in the woods for hours looking for foxes. The Century , XXXII. 345.