As some may recall, I am a firm believer in the transcendent nobility of the basset hound. My dearly departed basset, Norman T. Goldberg, was the finest example of the basset ever recorded (though some believe there was a superior basset in Indiana in the 1920s. This is a myth). Momma Goldberg, who also subscribes to this view, has a wonderful picture capturing the pure doggy goodness of the breed on her home page today.