First Published: 1948
1st published by:- Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd, London, 1948
Printed & bound by Morton & Co., The Hague
1039 pages
size 25cm x 19.5cm x 5.5cm approx
weight 2.522kg approx
Book Description:
Not all breeds are recognised by the Kennel Club, and not all dog-owners are owners of pedigree animals fit for show. In this book we have not been concerned with any particular aspect of the dog world, but with all aspects. We have endeavoured to make this as complete a book as possible, so that the man who reads it may get a working knowledge of the background, of the place of the dog in the world of Man; that he may know something of the many breeds that are not to be found as yet in this country; that he may know something of the work of dogs in many different fields; that he may know at least the essentials of dog management and care; and so come to take that very big step from dog-owner to dog-lover.
FOREWORD
We have been called a "dog-loving" nation. I could wish that that were true. But it would be more accurate to say that we are a nation of dog-owners. There is a large and steadily growing public sufficiently interested in dogs to own them and there is a very considerable literature designed for this public - but comparatively few dog-owners can strictly be described as dog-lovers. For there is, or there should be, more to owning a dog than merely paying the purchase price, the price of a licence, and the cost of its food. There is, or there should be, more to owning a dog than just owning a pet, something to take for a walk, something to have about the house, to "beg" at meal-times for the amusement of visitors. It is not sufficient just to call in the vet, when the animal is out of sorts, and to leave the rest to chance and the kindness of indifference.
Canis familiaris has a background, a background stretching far away through history. Some portion of that background is the common property of every dog, even of the most complicated mongrel, and it is against that background that every dog-owner should know his dog. It is only thus that one can come to know, with the full knowledge that is love, one of the best of all companions.
The Breed Societies at least have understood this. Much has been said against these societies, and against the Shows which they have inspired. There is, indeed, much that can with justification be brought against the Exhibition Bench, for it is beyond question that the "improvement" of a breed for the Show Bench has not infrequently meant regression in some respects other than appearance and sometimes even in appearance. But, whatever may be said about the Show and its effect on a breed, this must be said for the Breed Societies - that they have by their work brought about a proper sense of responsibility towards pedigree animals among their owners. And for this the governing body of the Canine world, the Kennel Club, deserves the highest praise.
But not all breeds are recognised by the Kennel Club, and not all dog-owners are owners of pedigree animals fit for show. In this book we have not been concerned with any particular aspect of the dog world, but with all aspects. We have endeavoured to make this as complete a book as possible, so that the man who reads it may get a working knowledge of the background, of the place of the dog in the world of Man; that he may know something of the many breeds that are not to be found as yet in this country; that he may know something of the work of dogs in many different fields; that he may know at least the essentials of dog management and care; and so come to take that very big step from dog-owner to dog-lover.
The difficulties of book production have not decreased with the end of the war. It has taken a little more than two years to get this book through all its stages and before the public, and that has only been possible by the wholehearted cooperation of all concerned, co-operation that has made my task as Editor exceptionally pleasant.
BRIAN VESEY-FITZGERALD FARNHAM, MARCH 1948
EXTRACTS - THE BOOK OF THE DOG
THE DOG IN TRADE By CLIFFORD L.B. HUBBARD
“In a perfectly pleasant way much money changes hands through the employment of another type of dog - I refer to the fighting Staffordshire or Pit Dog. This breed (often more mixed than the exhibition Staffordshire Bull Terrier) is still bred, trained, tested and fought in secrecy in the English Midlands, despite the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, which renders a person aiding the practice of organized dog fighting liable to a fine of £25 with three months imprisonment with hard labour.
Even to-day this breed is being fought at from $100 to £50 a side in the U.S.A. and in England; in France the battles occur more frequently. A good fighting dog can earn some £500 annually for its owner. “
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER By PHIL DRABBLE
“LIKE most of the worthwhile things in life, a good Stafford is not attained without effort on the part of his owner. If he is thoroughly trained and well exercised, no dog could possibly be a more delightful companion. On the other hand, an untrained, underexercised Stafford can do more mischief in a few moments than any dog I know.
This is easily understood when it is realised that Staffords have been bred for more than a century for the sole purpose of dog-fighting. When bull-baiting finally ceased, about 1835, the men who worshipped at the shrine of the Game Dog transferred their devotion from the bull-ring to the dog pit. Dog-fighting had long been very popular and bulldogs had been crossed with various terriers to produce the combination of dauntless courage with agility and endurance which was even more necessary in the pit than the ring.
At first, the resulting cross-breds, which must have been anything but uniform, were called "bull-and-terriers" and, as the best of them were used for breeding, a new breed was gradually evolved which became known as "bull terriers." Some of these bull terriers took after their bulldog ancestors and were quite heavy "cloddy" dogs of up to 50 lbs in weight. Others, which took after the terriers, were only between 10 and 20 lbs. There was no "type", as the term is understood by modern dog-breeders. Men did not care what they looked like so long as they would fight; and, if they would not fight, they went in the water-butt no matter how good-looking they were.
Between 1860 and 1870 these bull terriers were split into two camps. James Hinks, of Birmingham, who had always loved a game dog, produced a white strain which he registered at the Kennel Club as "English Bull Terriers". It is believed that they were produced by crossing the original bull terriers with Dalmatians, "and much of their gameness was quickly sacrificed for looks, which was the only commodity paying dividends in the show ring. The original breed, which was still unspoilt by crossing with dogs which had not been bred for gameness, was now barred from the official title of Bull Terrier and it gradually became known as the Staffordshire Bull Terrier to distinguish it from the newer breed. The reason that Staffordshire was used as the qualifying term, to distinguish between the old and the new, was that the colliers and ironworkers of Staffordshire were so attached to dog-fighting that the sport became practically localised in the Midlands.
Half a century went by without the popularity of dog fighting waning, despite spasmodic brushes with the police. Nothing had been done to standardise any type, for courage and physical fitness were still the only things which mattered. Any dog which proved unusually successful in the pit was certain to be used as a sire irrespective of his looks and there was still a wide variation of types which have since become curiously localised. In the Walsall district it is common to find dogs- of 34-38 lbs which are tall enough to convey a suggestion of whippet in their ancestry. My own theory of this is that a faint cross of bull terrier was sometimes used to impart endurance to whippets and it is possible that the offspring of one of these crosses displayed sufficient aptitude for fighting to have been crossed back to bull terriers, for agility in the pit is as necessary as courage. Only a few miles from Walsall, in the Darlaston district, the Staffords obviously favour their terrier forbears. They are much "finer" in the muzzle and obviously "terrier-faced". They are smaller altogether and lighter boned, turning the scale at from 25-35 lbs, and occasionally even lighter. The Darlaston men say all the others "must have been crossed with mastiff" and that "theirs" are the only real Staffords.
To confound them both, there is a third type to be found in the Cradley Heath area a few miles to the west. This time it is obvious that some members in the pedigree had more than a nodding acquaintance with a bulldog. Short, thick muzzle and broad skull, tremendous spring of ribs and breadth of chest, muscles which seem to be symbolic of power, everything combines to convey an impression of doggedness. This time agility has been sacrificed for strength and yet there is an unmistakable resemblance between all three types. The expression of the face is the same and the way the tail is carried drooping like a pump handle; the characteristic high-pitched staccato bark and the mincing springy walk, which emphasises the constant craving for action. Who can say that one type is right and the others "wrong"! Who can say that this dog is a "real" Stafford and that is not! Until very recent years, nobody minded very much so long as each was willing to give a good account in the pit. But that is changing now.…….”
STAFFORDS AND BAITING SPORTS By PHIL DRABBLE
“I. Dog-Fighting
FOR centuries the men who frequented bull rings and bear pits had enjoyed watching two dogs fight, but it was only with the abolition of bull baiting that dogs were bred and trained specifically for the sport.
It had been found that bulldogs were the only dogs which possessed the requisite courage for the dog-pit but that they lacked the necessary agility. Various bulldog crosses were tried, mainly with terriers, until eventually a specific breed of bull terriers was produced which was fast, strong and utterly game.
From that time dog-fighting increased in popularity. It was spectacular and as searching a test of gameness and capacity to give and take punishment as ever a bull bait was. There was little initial interference from the law, since it was possible to fight two dogs in any hollow or shed without attracting much attention, for fighting dogs fight silently. They were easy to get away afterwards, as they could aways be carried in a sack if their condition was likely to draw suspicion. And dog-fighting had the advantage over bull- or bear-baiting in that at least both animals wanted to fight instead of the victim having to be fastened with a rope or chain with no chance of escape.
Early fighting dogs were of all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours since their breeding was very promiscuous. By about 1860 they more or less fell into one of two groups, from one of which the English Bull Terrier was developed and from the other the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Both breeds were initially very game, since nobody would keep a bull terrier which was not, but men soon bred the English variety for show, and looks were "improved" at the expense of courage. The Staffordshire bull terrier continued to be bred for the pit and, though not very standardised even yet (despite being shown for more than ten years) there is no living breed so game.
There is nothing very complicated in the rules of dog-fighting. The important thing is not so much to kill the other dog as to be game enough to try.
In days when the sport was still legal and at the height of its popularity, between 1820 and 1830, dog-fights were a regular part of the sport at such famous centres of attraction to "the fancy" as the Westminster Pit. The arena here was used indiscriminately for dog-fights, rat-killing contests, cock fights and various freak contests between dog and racoon or even monkey…….”
LIST OF CONTENTS:
PART I
ON THE PHYLOGENY, DOMESTICATION AND BIONOMICS
OF THE DOG (CANIS FAMII.JARIS) by G. M. Vevers
THE DOG IN HISTORY by A. Croxton Smith
BREEDING AND KENNEL MANAGEMENT by M. Douglas Gordon
ON SELECTING A BREED by John Board
BREEDING FOR SHOW by W. L. Mc.Candlish
CANINE CULT by Winnie Barber
DOMESTIC EDUCATION by Cuthbert Greatrex
ACCIDENT AND DISEASE by R. C. G. Handcock
A LIST OF BREED SOCIETIES
GENERAL CANINE SOCIETIES
SPECIALIST CANINE SOCIETIES
THE DOG IN WAR by H. S. Lloyd
THE DOG IN THE SHOOTING FIELD by Eric Parker
RETRIEVER TRAINING by P. R. A. Moxon
SPANIEL TRAINING by P. R. A. Moxon
TRAINING POINTERS AND SETTERS by Dugald MacIntyre
FIELD TRIALS AND THEIR JUDGING by W. L. McCandlish
THE DOG IN ART by Hesketh Hubbard
PART II
BREEDS
Afghan Hound by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Airedale Terrier by Philokuon
Akita by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Alsatian by Cecil Wright
Appenzell Mountain Dog by L. Bauvald
Australian Cattle Dog by Idris Davies
Australian Terrier by Idris Davies
Basenji. by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Basset Hound by Sheila Young
Beagle by Sheila Young
Bedlington Terrier by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
Bernese Mountain Dog by Canis
Bloodhound by F. Cyril Harrison
Border Terrier by Sigma
Borzoi by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Boston Terrier by Barry Clifford
Boxer by Canis
Brabancon by Canis
Bull Terrier by Lt.-Col. R. H. Glyn
Bulldog by R. H. Voss
Bull Mastiff by Dorothy J. Nash
Catalan Sheepdog by Manuel Pinto
Catalonian Sheepdog by Manuel Pinto
Chow Chow by A. Croxton Smith
Clumber Spaniel by P. R. A. Moxon
Clydesdale or Paisley Terrier by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
Cocker Spaniel by H. S. Lloyd
Curly Retriever by Philokuon
Dachshund by A. Croxton Smith
Dalmatian by Sigma
Dandie Dinmont by W. L. McCandlish
Deerhound by M. F. Loughrey
Dobermann Pinscher by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Eivissenc by Manuel Pinto
Elkhound by Sidney Rogerson
English Foxhound by Charles E. Lloyd
English Setter by D. D. North
English Sheepdog, The Old by A. S. L. Wallis
English Springer Spaniel by P.R. A. Moxon
Entlebuch Mountain Dog by L. Bauvald
Flat-coated Retriever by Reginald Cook
Field Spaniel by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
Finnish Spitz by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
French Bulldog by Canis
Glen of Imaal Terrier by Barry Clifford
Golden Retriever by Philokuon
Gordon Setter by Albert E. Wright
Great Dane by B. Lee Booker
Greyhound by Charles Castle
Griffon Bruxellois by Barry Clifford
Groenendael by Canis
Husky by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Illyrian Sheepdog by Anton Lokar
Irish Setter by A. Croxton Smith
Irish Terrier by Sirius
Irish Water Spaniel by Fergus O'Rourke
Irish Wolfhound by D. Gardner
Istrian Pointer by Anton Lokar
Iviza Hound by Manuel Pinto
Japanese by Barry Clifford
Keeshond by Clifford L.B. Hubbard
Kelpie by Idris Davies
Kerry Blue Terrier by Augustine J. Flynn
Komondor by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Kuvasz by Clifford L.B. Hubbard
Labrador by E. E. Turner
Lakeland Terrier by Mrs. Graham Spence
Lurcher by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
Malinois by Canis
Maltese by Barry Clifford
Maremma Sheepdog by Canis
Mastiff by A. Croxton Smith
Miniature Bull Terrier by Lt.-Col. R. H. Glyn
Newfoundland by Philokuon
Otterhound by E. G. Davies
Papillon by Barry Clifford
Pekingese by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Perdigueiro by Manuel Pinto
Podengo by Manuel Pinto
Pointers by A. Croxton Smith
Polish Sheepdog by L. Bauvald
Pomeranian by Canis
Poodle by Grace E. L. Boyd
Poodle, Clipping the edited by the Poodle Club of U.S.A.
Portuguese Cattle Dog by Manuel Pinto
Portuguese Sheepdog by Manuel Pinto
Portuguese Water Dog by Clifford L.B. Hubbard
Puli by L. Bauvald
Pumi by L. Bauvald
Pyrenean Mountain Dog by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Rhodesian Ridgeback by Clifford L.B. Hubbard
Rottweiler by Canis
Rumanian Sheepdog by Canis
Saluki by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Samoyed by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Schipperke by Canis
Schnauzer by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
Scotland's Highland Terrier by W. L. McCandlish
Sealyham by Winnie Barber
Shetland Sheepdog by Alasdair Cluness
Shih Tzu by Canis
Smooth Fox Terrier by A. Croxton Smith
Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier by Gerard J. Pierse
St. Bernard by A. Croxton Smith
Staffordshire Bull Terrier by Phil Drabble
Sussex Spaniel by P. R. A. Moxon
Swiss Mountain Dog by Canis
Sidney Silky Terrier by E.G. Davies
Tibetan Mastiff by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald
Tibetan Terrier by Barry Clifford
Vizsla by Canis
Welsh Corgi by Philokuon
Welsh Sheepdog by Clifford L.B. Hubbard
Welsh Springer by Philokuon
Welsh Terrier by 0. T. Walters
Whipper by A. Croxton-Smith
Wire-Fox Terrier by Josephine Creasey
Working Collie by J. A. Reid
Yellow Labrador by A. Wormald
PART III
THE DOG IN TRADE by Clifford L. B. Hubbard
SHEEPDOG TRIALS by J. A. Reid
BREEDING OF FOXHOUND by E. C. W. W. Harrison
ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN FOX- HOUND by A. Henry Higginson
GREYHOUND IN SPORT by Charles Castle
HOW THE KENNEL WORLD IS GOVERNED by A. Croxton Smith
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND KENNEL CLUB by S. H. Rastall
EAST AFRICAN KENNEL CLUB by Anonymous
BELGIUM by Morris Pursuiant
SOCIETY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CANINE BREEDS IN SPAIN by Dionisio de Cespedes
HISTORY OF CRUFT'S DOG SHOW by Robert Colville
THE PETERBOROUGH SHOW by John Board
THE JUDGE AT SHOWS by W. L. McCandlish
LIST OF BREEDS RECOGNISED BY THE KENNEL CLUB A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL KENNEL CLUBS
THE DOG IN LITERATURE by A. Croxton Smith
STAFFORDS AND BAITING SPORTS by Phil Drabble
GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND by Capt. N. Liakoff
OBSERVATIONS ON THE PARIAH DOG by Drs. R. & R. Menzel
GLOSSARY OF CANINE TERMS
A OF BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CANINE LITERATURE. by Charles Castle
INDEX OF BREEDS
INDEX OF BOOKS AND JOURNALS QUOTED
GENERAL INDEX
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• Family Tree of Land Camivora
• View of upper jaw of wolf
• View of upper jaw of jackal
• Lateral view of the skeleton of a normal type of dog
• Fore-foot of dog
• Hind-foot of dog
• Lateral view of fore-foot of dog
• Lateral view of fore-foot of a Lion
• Lateral view of the skull of a normal type of dog
• Lateral view of the skull of a Pekinese dog
• Optical angle of the dog (The Hunter)
• Optical angle of the rabbit (The Hunted)
• Dog of Anubis Ptolemaic period 300 B.C.
• Assyrian relief
• Salukis or Greyhound-type dogs and Mastiffs
• Figure of Dog on Han Bas-relief of Hsiao T' Ang Shan
• Classical Coins and Gems with Representations of Greyhounds
• Genii Hunting
• The Cunobeline Coin
• Early Sporting Breeds
• Statue of the Molossus
• "Jacko" The Sporting Monkey. H. Alken
• Bull Terrier. Stubbs
• The Dog Show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington
• Prize Dogs in National Dog Show at Islington
• Illustration of Mastiff in Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
• French Ormulu Model of a Poodle
• Tomb of Edward Black Prince, Canterbury showing French Bull Dog at feet
• Tombstone in Kells Churchyard dated 1777
• From Woodcut by Thomas Bewick
• Return from the Shooting - F. Wheatley R.A.
• Springing Spaniels, P. Reinagle A.R.A.
• Petit Point Embroidery of a white Poodle
• How a Kennel ought to be situated and trimmed for hounds
• The Kennel. Gaston Phoebus' Livre de Chasse
• How to Trim a Sealyham Terrier
• Portraits of famous sporting dogs. George Earl
• Family Likeness
• Patrol Dog on Duty
• Lt. Norbury i/c Mine Dog Platoon R.E.
• Platoon of Mine Dogs
• Cartoon
• Cartoon
• English Springer Spaniel
• Retrieving Hare
• Exercise
• Patrol Dog leading "Reece" Patrol
• The short lead is useful for lessons in heel keeping
• "Kneeling to bring in an unwilling pupil"
• A retriever is not expected to drop to shot like a spaniel
• Retrieving from Water Should be Taught to Retrievers and Spaniels
• "Spite of Aldgrove" Retrieving Game in the Roots
• Mr. R. G. Heaton's "Cheverells Busybody"
• A walk round the shoot with dogs at heel
• A Labrador in action (1) "She finds her bird"
• A Labrador in action (2) "… picks it up and … "
• A Labrador in action (3) "… delivers to hand"
• The finished product-waiting for the birds to come out
• Learning to walk to heel
• Using the checkcord (1) "The rabbit is sighted"
• Using the checkcord (2) "The pupil is prevented from chasing"
• The rabbit "pen". A young springer standing "steady to fur"
• "Dragging back to the drop"
• Encouraging spaniel puppies to enter cover with older dog
• "Spitfire Pilot". Retrieving a "Runner"
• "The earth stopper". John Emms R.A.
• Judges. Mr. J. Burgess, Capt. W. S. Medlicott & Mr. J. Bell
• Kennel Club's 27th Retriever Trial 1938 Starting a Trial
• "Joachim retires to the Sheepfold". Giotto
• Decoration motif in Oriental style from the Louvre. Jacopo Bellini
• Bas relief in bronze. Benvenuto Cellini
• "The Legend of the Three Living and Three Dead". Jacopo Bellini
• "The Family of Charles I". Van Dyck
• Mrs. Robinson "Perdita" Thomas Gainsborough
• "Vision of St. Eustace". Pisanello
• Assyrian Relief
• A dog from "The Adoration of the Kings". Mabuse
• Dogs from "Landscape, Cattle and Figures, Evening". Albert Cuyp
• Detail from "Le Cardinal" Infant Ferdinand 163I-1636. Velasquez
• Detail from "Le Cardinal" Infant Ferdinand 1631-1636. Velasquez
• "Dance of Death". Hans Holbein
• "Study for composition". Jacopo Bellini Dresden
• Dresden models of a pair of pug dogs, mid-19th century
• Terrier from "The Conversion of St. Hubert". The Master of Werden
• Hound Laelop from "The Death of Progress". Piero di Cosimo
• "Venus and Adonis". Titian
• Griffon Terrier from "Arnolfini and his Wife". Jan van Eyck
• Deerhound "Hafed". Edwin Landseer
• "Nanette" Scottish Terrier. Lucy Dawson
• "A Shepherd's dog". Rosa Bonheur
• "The Sportsman's Dog". James Northcote R.A.
• "Game Keepers". George Stubbs
• "Bull dog". W. R. Smith
• Pair of Rockingham porcelain models of two white poodles
• "A Sportsman with his Dogs". Beeldemaeker
• "The Violin Player". Ostade
• "Morning Toilet". Pieter de Hoogh
• "The Quack". Jan Steen
• "The Dead Roe". Oudry
• Rockingham Porcelain model of a Poodle Bitch with three puppies
• Detail of "Les charmes de la vie". Watteau
• "Pointer Bitch and puppies". James Barenger
• Black Greyhound". Alma Tadema
• The Sleeping Sportsman". Metsu
• Las Meninas" 1656
• Detail from "Las Meninas" 1656
• Afghan. "Ch. Westmill Tamasar"
• Airedale Dog. "Ch. Monarch of Wyndhurst"
• Akita
• Alsatian. "Ch. Orest of Brittas"
• The Appenzell Mountain Dog
• Australian Cattle Dog
• Australian Terrier. "Ch. Micky of Toorak"
• Basenji. "Kasui of the Congo"
• Basset Hound. "Ch. Patience"
• Beagle. "Ch. Mischief"
• Bedlington. "Ch. Radiance of Wrinstone"
• The Bernese Mountain Dog
• Bloodhound. "Ch. Huntsman of Barchester"
• Border Terrier. "Ch. Not so Dusty''
• Borzoi. "Ch. Brnssilona of Branscore"
• Boston Terrier. "Ch. Ukansee Disturbers Pride"
• Boxer. "Lustig v. Dom of Tulgey Wood"
• Boxer. "Monarchist of Marsland"
• Brabancon
• "Ch. Romany Rhinestone" Bull Terrier
• "Ch. Mystery Knight of Luech" (Brindle)
• Bull-Terrier. "Ch. Brendon Bang" (white)
• Bulldog. "Ch. Basford Revival"
• Bull Mastiff. "Ch. Vlisdom of Wynward"
• Catalan Sheep Dog
• Chow. "Ch. Niclose Marksman"
• Clumber Spaniel. "Ch. Sandringham Sparkle"
• Clydesdale Terrier
• Cocker Spaniel. "Exquisite Model of Ware"
• "Sarona Sancho" Curly Coated Retriever
• Dachshund "Ch. Firs Cruiser"
• Long-haired Dachshund "Ch. Jager of Dilworth"
• Wire Dachshund "Ch. Achja of Seale"
• Dalmatian "Ch. Orchid Cosmartin"
• Dandie Dinmont "Ch. Bellmead Delegate"
• Deerhound. "Ch. Lustra of Rotherwood"
• Dobermann Pinscher
• Eivissenc (Smooth Haired)
• Elkhound. "Ch. Kren of the Hollow"
• Hunting-with the Grafton Foxhounds from their meet
• Fox Hound. "The Oakley Dandy''. Thomas Blinks
• Hunting with the Pytchley Hunt
• Meet of the Old Berkeley Beagles
• Meet of the Crowhurst Otterhounds at Slaughter Bridge
• Foxhound Admiral
• English Setter F. T. "Ch. Bright of the Boreen"
• Old English Sheep Dog "Ch. Moonshine Weather”
• "Ch. Higham Tom-Tit." English Springer Spaniel
• Entlebuch Mountain Dog
• Flat Coated Retriever. "Ch. Kala Rat of Adlington"
• Field Spaniel "Sonny Boy"
• Finnish Spitz "Sarumcote Jeli''
• French Bull Dog "Ch. Kim of Chatou"
• Glen of Imaal Terrier
• Golden Retriever "F. T. Ch. Haulstone Larry"
• Gordon Setter "Ch. Dawn of Daven"
• The Great Dane Sixty Years ago
• "Ch. Recass of Ouborough"
• "Radium of Ouborough". Great Dane belonging to Mr. J. V. Rank
• Coursing Greyhound
• Track Greyhound
• Show Greyhound
• "Judge" red dog; winner of Waterloo Cup 1855
• Griffon. "Ch. Glenwood Gillie"
• Groendael
• Siberian Husky: "Zoe of Kolyma"
• Huskies (Winter) Action of a heavy Toboggan, Mackenzie River N.W.T.
• Baffin Island Huskies
• lllyrian Sheepdog
• Irish Setter "Ch. Marksman of Ide"
• Irish Terrier "Ch. Solidman"
• Irish Water Spaniel "Ch. Breifny Chieftain"
• "Ch. Killarney of Ouborough." Irish Wolfhound
• Istrian Pointer
• Japanese Spaniel "Ch. Eastwood Rover"
• "Ch. Lucine van Zaandam", Keeshond
• Australian Kelpies Mr. J. W. French's "Vine View Laddie" (sitting) Mr. J. J. Kenneally's Clayton "Lady Maid"
• Kerry Blue. "Ch. Lisnalea Enchant Eirella"
• Komondor "Ch. Reyros/Ch. Hatlyn/Ch. Csikos"
• Kuvasz
• Labrador (Black) "Dual Ch. Banchory Painter"
• Lakeland Terrier. "Ch. Susan of Shotover"
• Lurcher
• Malinois
• Maltese Terrier "Ch. Maltessa Ruffles"
• Maremma Sheepdog
• Mastiff "Ch. Joseph"
• Miniature Full-size Bull Terriers. Belonging to Mrs. Adlam
• New Foundland "Ch. Mermaid"
• Otterhound
• Papillon "Ch. Thered Admiral of Otter"
• Pekingese "Ch. Meng of Alder Bourne"
• Portuguese Pointer (Perdigueiro)
• Portuguese Podengo
• Pointer "Ch. Menaifron Bee"
• Polish Sheep Dog (Type)
• Pomeranian· "Ch. Montacute Radiant"
• Poodle "Ch. Barty of Piperscroft"
• Poodle "Ch. Celika of Piperscroft"
• The miniature poodles "Ch. the Laird of Mannerhead" and his litter brother "Ch. Limelight of Mannerhead"
• Poodle. "Ch. Vulcan Champagne Pommery"
• Clipping the Poodle. Illustration No. 1
• “ “ “ “ Illustration No. 2
• “ “ “ “ Illustration No. 3
• “ “ “ “ Illustration No. 4
• “ “ “ “ Illustration No. 5
• Portuguese Sheepdog
• Portuguese Sheepdog
• Portuguese Water Dog. Curly Coated Type
• "Ch. Drugo Orpogarok". Puli
• "Kop de Careil". Pyrenean Mountain Dog
• Rhodesian Ridge back
• Rottweiler Int. "Ch. Rozauel Ueffa v. Kohler-wald"
• Rumanian Sheepdog
• Saluki "Ch. Zebedee-el-Kizil"
• Samoyed "Ch. Snow Chief of the Arctic"
• Schipperke. "Ch. Biddy Imp."
• Schnauzer. "Ch. Brodick Castle Romper". Challenge cert. winner
• Scottish Highland. A Champion of 1905
• Sealyham. "Ch. St. Margaret Magnificent"
• Shetland Sheepdog. "Ch. Peaceful Sheltie"
• Shih Tzu
• Smooth Fox Terrier "Ch. Chosen Don of Notts
• Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier "Ch. Cheerful Gleam"
• St. Bernard. "Ch. Copleydene St. Goliath"
• Sussex Spaniel. "Ch. Okimat of Fourclovers"
• Swiss Mountain Dog
• Tibetan Mastiff "Tonya"
• Tibetan Terrier "Ch. Jana of Lamleh"
• Vizsla
• Welsh Corgi "Ch. Dinah of Wilmorton" (Cardigan)
• Welsh Sheepdog
• Welsh Springer "Ch. Musketeer O'Matherne"
• Welsh Terrier "Ch. Icknield Gwendud"
• Whippet "Ch. Rustic Rocket"
• Wire Fox Terrier "Ch. Croyland Compactom"
• "Adam Telfers Haig" Winner of International, Ayr 1921. Bred by Mr. Reid, Airdrie.
• Lord Mostyn's "Coon" Working Collie
• Shetland Sheepdog "Ch. River Hill Rufus"
• Yellow Labrador "Ch. Badgery Richard"
• Truffle Dog
• Connacht King Dog
• "Poaching". J. L. Turner
• Elizabeth Browning and her dog Flush
• Huskies of the Hudson Bay Co.
• Huskies. Dogteam, Pangnitung, Baffin Island 727
• Circus Poodle
• Working the turnspit
• .. Lassie"
• “Asta''
• Springtime for Pluto
• Sheepdog. Shedding Ring
• “ “ “
• “ Pen
• Gathering Sheep
• Driving Sheep
• Penning Sheep
• Operating on the Single Sheep
• American Foxhound
• "Fox Hunting in the Carolinas". Percival Rousseau
• The Radnor Hounds· from the painting by Samuel R. Wright
• Typical American Foxhound. Two couples of the Portsmouth Hounds
• Hunting scene from Tomb of Prince Senbi a Mer (circa 1950 BC)
• From The Dog in Health and Disease by Stonehenge
• Greyhound "Hecate"
• A Course in the Bitch Puppy Stakes
• A Course in the Derby Stakes
• Wembley Stadium. A Close Finish
• Wembley Stadium. A race in Progress
• A Course in the Bog Puppy Stakes
• Quare Times: The Fastest Dog in the World
• Mr. A. Croxton-Smith, O.B.E., Chairman of Kennel Club
• Messrs. S. E. Shirley, S. Sidney Turner, Francis Redmond and W. L. Mc.Candlish
• Crystal Palace, 1930
• K.C. Show Crystal Palace, October 1933
• Collie "Ch. Eclipse" painted by Frank Paton 1887
• Coronation decorations
• The Kennel Club Retriever Trials (open stake) at Newmarket Autum 1922
• Mr. Charles Cruft who held his Jubilee show in 1936
• Kennel Club's 70th Championship Show. Taking the two ton biscuit into the Crystal Palace
• The original emblem of the Show
• Golden Retriever: "Ch. Kandid of Skroy"
• Foxhound "Admiral" belonging to the Steven-stone Hunt
• "Lhassa Apsos"
• Skye Terrier. "Ch. Silver Lass of Merrymount"
• Cruft's Jubilee Show held in 1936. There were 10,650 entries and 4,388 dogs benched
• Countess Howe judging Labradors at Crufts 1936
• Basenji "Bongo of Blean"
• Boxers showing one with cropped ears. Exhibited Crufts Show 1937
• Scotlands Highland Terrier: "Ch. Malgen Caesar"
• Pair of bronze models by A. Dubucand, of Blood Hounds
• Rottweiler.
• King Charles Spaniel "Ch. Astonmore Love-song"
• Cairn "Ch. Caradoc of Crockshed"
• Peterborough Foxhound Show
• Peterborough Foxhound Show
• Dog Show Cartoon
• Westminster K.C. Show, New York. The Judging Rings
• A social affair. A Ladies Kennel Association Show in the 1900's
• "Bedlington Terrier" Arthur Wardle
• Bronze model by Kate Sowerby of "The Model Bulldog of the 1890’s"
• "Judge". Attributed to J. F. Herring
• "Foxhound". J. S. Noble
• "Setters". John Morris
• "The Setter". Ben Marshall
• "One of a pair". William Hogarth
• "Ch. Gentleman Jim" Staffordshire Bull Terrier
• Staffordshire Pottery Model of Bull Baiting
• "Bull Baiting". H. Alken
• "Bull Baiting". H. Alken
• "Bull baiting". C. Towne
• "Bear Baiting". H. Alken
• "Drawing the Badger". H. Alken
• Aircraft Worker and Guide Dog
• Soldier blinded at. Dunkirk
• Guide Dog for the Blind
• Negotiating City Streets
• A Country Ramble
• Typist
• Piano Tuner
• Contours of the different head-shapes of types of the Pariah Dog
• Angle of Jaw
• Pariah Dog-Type I
• Pariah Dog-Type II
• Pariah Dog-Type midway between types II and III
• Pariah Dog-Type III
• Pariah Dog-Type III
• Pariah Dog-Type III
• Pariah Dog-Type IV
About the Editor
Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald (1905 - 1981)
Naturalist and writer of books on wildlife, cats, and dogs
Vesey-Fitzgerald began his career as a journalist with Reuters. He then became the naturalist on the staff of The Field magazine, becoming editor from 1938 to 1946. He then devoted his time to writing and broadcasting. Apart from wildlife, cats and dogs, he had particular interest in the countryside in general, gypsies, fairgrounds and boxing. He showed sympathy with both poachers and gamekeepers.
He was the author of the New Naturalist volume British Game (1946). He wrote a weekly column about cats and dogs in the News of the World. His radio broadcasts about country life included Field Fare (1940-1945) and There and Back (1947-1949).
He was an acknowledged authority on gypsies,[3] and was President of the British Fairground Society. He was a member of the National Cat Club and honorary Vice-President of the Siamese Cat Club of South Africa.
He was editor of the 60 volume series County Books which were published in the years 1947-53 and of the 31 volume series The Regional Books which were published during the 1950s.
