. The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs. Dogs. THE RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND, OK BARZOI. 265 peaceable to a fault. I fancy that Russian breeding tends to develop the savagery in the breed, while English breed- ing will draw out the gentle, peaceable traits generally characteristic of all English breeds of dogs. The pictures of Czar and Elsie fairly represent, in a general way, one type of the breed, one that might be called the Setter- Greyhound type; Czar's b
. The American book of the dog. The origin, development, special characteristics, utility, breeding, training, points of judging, diseases, and kennel management of all breeds of dogs. Dogs. THE RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND, OK BARZOI. 265 peaceable to a fault. I fancy that Russian breeding tends to develop the savagery in the breed, while English breed- ing will draw out the gentle, peaceable traits generally characteristic of all English breeds of dogs. The pictures of Czar and Elsie fairly represent, in a general way, one type of the breed, one that might be called the Setter- Greyhound type; Czar's being a good likeness of the dog, while Elsie's shows much more bone, and less muscle in. 1,1 . .. .- : . , ?- -jND tLblE. Owned by Wit J. Otis Fellows, Hornellsvills quarters than she really has. Neither picture does justice to the coats; Czar's being much smoother, with the com- monest grooming, and Elsie's being scant on account of low condition. Czar is a powerful, well-made dog, about twenty-nine or thirty inches at the shoulder, but hardly as long in back as other specimens I have seen; in Avhich point Elsie shows an extreme development, and an undesir- able one. Czar was selected at the Jardin d'Acclimation as an unusually fine sj)ecimen; and Elsie was selected by Mr. F. Freeman Lloyd, in England, as the most jnondsing. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shields, G. O. (George O. ), 1846-1925, ed. Chicago, Rand, McNally
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