. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. this breed had formerly only a localreputation, it is now much talked of,and is seen at all Belgian Belgian /tare, called also theleporide, is a rabbit of Belgian origin,though it is not raised in that king-dom. It descends from the Flemishgiant, and every effort has beenmade to make it look like a we see to-day at shows inAmerica bear a striking resemblanceto hares. It is sometimes stated that this rab-bit is the product of crossings with the wildfield hare, but that is a legend; the malerabbit cann
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. this breed had formerly only a localreputation, it is now much talked of,and is seen at all Belgian Belgian /tare, called also theleporide, is a rabbit of Belgian origin,though it is not raised in that king-dom. It descends from the Flemishgiant, and every effort has beenmade to make it look like a we see to-day at shows inAmerica bear a striking resemblanceto hares. It is sometimes stated that this rab-bit is the product of crossings with the wildfield hare, but that is a legend; the malerabbit cannot be mated with the doe hare. Ifthe Belgian hare resembles the true hare, it isdue to the pains taken in breeding it across theChannel. It is really in itself a fine, strongrace, interesting and prolific. It is a little wild,to be sure, but gets over its timidity whenaccustomed to those who care for it. Though itnever attains great weight (six or seven poundsat the most), its flesh is very savory. This breedwas imported to America in vast numbers afew years A French Lop-Eared Rabbit RABBITS 257 The French lop-carcd rabbit may,by good right, be called a usefulanimal. It is fouml chiefl\ in France,though it is not unknown in Ger-many, where it has been imported inlarge numbers ever since the Warof 1870, when the German soldiersdiscovered its merits. Its two flop-ping ears hang down on each sideof the head and almost touch theground. It comes in all colors, chieflygray, but sometimes steel-blue, black,and yellow. The English lop-carcd rabbitowes its existence to the Frenchbreed. In England novelty is de-sired, — new things before usefulthings. A rabbits ears ought to belong! At first breeders of the ani-mals had recourse to overheating thehabitations, so that this English product mayrightly be called a hothouse breed. The speci-mens seen at shows are smaller than the Frenchrabbit, but their ears are much longer, thosemeasuring from eighteen to twenty inches beingby no mea
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