The new book of the dog - a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment (1911) (14577142919)

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Title: The new book of the dog : a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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and some confusionon the part of exhibitors that made itnecessary for the Kennel Club to classifyunder one heading these and others whichhad attained some amount of notability byindividual or local influence, from which timethe old terms have gradually been dropped. There are certainly two schools whoofficiate as judges at important shows, andtheir decisions are arrived at from stand-points which make them at least perplexingto those who are not intimately connectedwith both shooting and exhibition life.Those who care nothing about a dogscapabilities as a workman, so long as heanswers their own ideal as regards anatomyand coat and, particularly, possesses whatis known as a classical head, are proneto smile at the awards made by some of theold shooting sportsmen who will insist ongiving preference to exhibits which possessthe very best body and limbs, making thehead something of a secondary considera-tion. Of course, both sides advance strongarguments in support of their creed, but it
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MR. FRANK GOODFELLOWS CH. MALLWYD BY MALLWYD SAILOR EINION LUCY. BRED BY MR. T. STEADMAN. Photo, aph ;... Htiiat id So Lotfock. does not follow that either makes out a con-clusive case. Better would it be if, as beforestated, a common vantage-ground were de-cided on, and it became generally acknow-ledged that there is nothing to stop the highestclass show dogs from being gradually broughtto the same state of perfection in the fieldas its more plebeian relation has attained. H6 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. It can scarcely be claimed that any singleindividual specimen of the present day isbetter than the best of former days ; in fact,it is very questionable if we have anythingquite so good as Mr. Rawdon B. LeesCh. Richmond, who was in his prime abouta dozen years ago and was practically un-beatable. Like many others, he was one ofthose celebrities which were bred by Mr.Hartley, of Kendal, who. with Mr. J.Poole, Mr. Cockerton, and Mr. Armstrong,very ably made and maintained the reputa-tion o