. 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. Dogs. FRENCH AND OTHER CONTINENTAL HOUNDS. 493 and long erect ears, and stilty legs, it gives one the impression that it is masquerading as a Greyhound or an overgrown Whippet. Its innate sporting qualities are mostly ex- ercised on its own account, but with training it might be made a creditable hound. The gardens at Sans Souci, where the graves of many dogs are to be seen, bear testimony to the high regard in whic
. 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. Dogs. FRENCH AND OTHER CONTINENTAL HOUNDS. 493 and long erect ears, and stilty legs, it gives one the impression that it is masquerading as a Greyhound or an overgrown Whippet. Its innate sporting qualities are mostly ex- ercised on its own account, but with training it might be made a creditable hound. The gardens at Sans Souci, where the graves of many dogs are to be seen, bear testimony to the high regard in which Frederick the Great held his hounds, and in the Palace of Potsdam there is a statue of the dying king surrounded by his favourite canine friends. A story is told of how a pair of his. dogs saved the king's life. Frederick was accustomed to drink a cup of chocolate in the middle of the morning,. THE SPANISH PODENGO TURCO. PROPERTY OF SENOR J. DE ROSADO, ARRAYOTTOS. and on one occasion, when sittmg at his writing-table, he reached for the cup and saw that a spider had dropped into it from the ceiling. Not wishing to share the chocolate with the insect, he poured the liquid into the saucer, and gave it in turn to two of his Greyhounds. The dogs drank it, but to the king's alarm they were almost im- mediately seized with convulsions. Within an hour they were both dead, evidently from poison. The French cook was sent for, but on hearing of the death of the hounds and the cause of their death, he blew out his brains, dreading the discovery which was afterwards made that he was in the pay of Austria, and had poisoned the chocolate. These two dogs were Potsdam Grey- hounds, a breed of Italian origin, much favoured by Frederick the Great, who kept. 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 Leighton, Robert, 1
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