Show V Vi r i i K q I I t I gr Wonderful Persian Are the Latest Canine Fad and You e 11 May Soon Be Able to Bury One of These Extraordinarily p Swift Scented Keen 4 jP j d P r rs rr s r Pe I s fo r y r 2 or So SoY P Z Y 2 f ey Y 1 Y t i Dos and wolves de a aj j f a if r g from t moon ancestor and this sr r v l tame Montana wolf making friends with Lord AUCk t I- I land landof of London has r ry r y s sw ss L s w fl r been bred as a pet i ir t s io f k if I 2 1 f t A fr W w P p a t tt tA tf t A f 64 w wA A New York society oddy woman with her Iter red pincher Petite f r Q TYLES In dogs change as a fast as B the silhouette of the fashionable AAA gown It would be difficult to count the various breeds of dogs that have seen their day and passed on to tomake tomako tomake make mako way for canine variations more becoming Once Onee the little pug ug dog was Mas a necessary addition to Dame Fashions FuMon's wide crinoline skirt Since Sinco then there have been innumerable styles in dogs dogs- dogs and somehow they all seem to to fit the tho gowns they came tn with 1 Ith just as the Russian wolfhound for Instance who had his day before the wai wei came into vogue with the long slim elim silhouette so fashionable at the time After the war we had the noble police dogs who l earned their popularity by their exploits on the tho battlefield and the Airedale so BO swagger with the sport cos- cos costume cos costume tume which has been universally stylish in the last few years ears Now rumor has it that there are sev- sev several sev several eral breeds rivaling each other for the tho next place In tn Fashions Fashion's gallery to match the new gowns gons which promise to be bl bi bizarre zarre and somewhat breezy The Alsatian wolfhound has held oil off all rh ala for a time it is true but his supremacy in the tho fashionable world IS threatened by a a newcomer newcomer a newcomer at least to the dog worlds of Europe and America The Tho new arrival is the remarkable Persian which has be- be become become be become come extremely popular in England Ingland re- re recently recently re recently He Ho has bas the tha merits of or the wolf wolf- wolfhound wolfhound wolf hound hound in grace and style st le and many or of orthe the solid virtue of the shepherd dog Somewhat hat eccentric in his beauty is the or Saluki as he is also known but that is his blue blood HIs pedigree is as extraordinary as his peculiar beauty for he ha has been bred red Since time tune immemorial by the Arab tribes for lor hunting bunting in the desert The Persian Saluki has kept his breed pure since the time he was the favorite of Egyptian kings five thousand years ago and like a true aristocrat ho he heis hois hois is known by ancient records pictures records carved by the tho Egyptians which resemble him from nose noss to tall tail Salukis are rare and the few that have been brought to England are owned by tv two o 0 or three persons Two of these dogs were presented by an Arab sheik In Damascus to Brigadier General Lance of the British Army and they have been exhibited at fashionable dog shows in England as well as another pair owned by Major Wright Bell It Is rumored that dogs are arc being held out of the market for tor a while es as esthe the wish to be bo owners exclusive e pos possessors seasons of animals of such undisputed claim to aristocracy Other reports have haveIt haveit haveit It that Brigadier General Lance intends to sell Saluki puppies in the near future If It you follow tho dogs and andA wish to have one of ot these puppies you'll have hale to dig down deep in y lour our pocket be because A cause the sale price of ot a real Saluki is at present 2000 2000 the tho pair Dog ex ex- ex experts experts admit that he is one of tho the most beautiful of the species I Iy y I ISS P v IS D tr b II no S Rhou W OV For Foe generations the Saluki has been a f i hunter but he is somewhat some different The Saluki or Persian a dog dot which is as swift as the from the tho usual courser He lIe is short and s and far and and y a greyhound stronger better able to endure cold straight cm In in n the tho Ift body but has ro the long r i e sg which can follow a scent as well as the foxhound or beagle e pv v vr v rne e l an American dog fancier de- de describes de describe scribes scribe him as a combining the good fea features i tures of the sheepdog and the greyhound ty both much in demand at present M Salukis are proverbial for their seen w y eyesight speed and endurance and won won- hunting qualities Their chief quarry Is the gazelle which they hunt often over rocky and stony ground where an English greyhound could fi y not possibly r w f da I s travel In the desert the sport RIs is conducted 4 kith f e f a hawk the hunt hunt- hunter hunter er letting fly his 4 hank and slip slip- slip slipping r w x r rn n ping his hound in pursuit r v of k gazelle the rid rid- rid riders h f v 1 ers are on their fleet fleeth d firtA t horses galloping F Y FM after them in vH I times Sonic Some j r q r times where here th the e b scrub ft is t- t i Al 1 ti thick st ste e x g hounds are arc described de- de described scribed as follow following ing tho unseen It s 1 Itt t l quarry solely by ol I o w l n e hawks flight f They also hunt hares and desert v foxes A 6 F x t taw Nei Considered as a h s G BAN proof of the Sa Sa antiquity The Persian Per is thought to be the only dog is the fact that that keeps its ita own breed pure and it is highly no known corn corn- mended for of does tor its its courage and devotion to its ita master seems capable of ot producing a creature Just like him He is ts perhaps a n grey grey- hound greyhound type but Be nc is the peculiar grey grey- hound hound greyhound of the desert Striking features of this ancient race raco of thoroughbreds are the curious combination combination atlon of short close body hair with silky flowing Afghan fleece on the ears and the long silken feathery tail In color Salukis aro are almost without cream limit limit fawn and ho black and tan being predominant There Isa is a peculiar of ot color ing coloring in the skin akin of ot the Saluki which Is usually common to wild animals Nearly all the tho other breeds of dog are found to have ha tiny white spots In their coloring The fact that this peculiarity has con continued through generations ons unvaried is taken to indicate a fine character in the original stock from which the Saluki sprang The Tha dogs of like Egypt were pictured In lifelike carvings because they were nero more than mere household they pets kj were ere u v objects of veneration and thus the an- an an ancestors of the hounds resembling them i found now In Persia and Arabia and known as Salukis may once have hayo beene been e r r 9 a actually worshiped by men in Egypt One explanation of this dog worship IS connected with the annual overflowing of the Nile On this overflowing depend depend- depended depended depended ed the prosperity of ot Lower Egypt and the event was as practically always pl pie pie ceded e- e ceded by the appearance ofa of a n certain star starin starIn In the sky at the time Because of the faithfulness of the warning star it came to bo be called Sulus the dog star dogs then as now being as associated as- as associated with fidelity above all things In their gratitude the Eg Egyptians made mado the dog a god with the head heed of a n dog and the tho body of a man and end they built tern tem temples pies ples in honor of Anubis the dog god Another interesting thing ab about abut ut the records of the Egyptian hunting dogs is that they were designated as meaning wolves olves perhaps showing that the Egyptians actually knew dogs to bo descended from woh es in the beginning Just what the tho origin of the dog must have been agitated scientists for a long longtime time Some persons thought they all caMe from a common wild ancestor There were others who felt suro sure that d dachshunds and St St Bernard Bernards could never have been related even as far backas back bjick as ns Jj a YN say 4 r 3 4 te v r w 1 w G A Aw cr crr r r Ar t i 4 t e t a s i k ff y c w r ryes yes r rL L 3 fez p Miss Gilda Gray and her two great Danes Urban and Dagmar the beginning of at time These dogs clogs they said must t each come conic from a du- du dis distinct species of its 0 own n Naturalists Naturalist led by Darwin have come cometo cometo cometo to the conclusion however that all do- do domestic do domestic dogs are descended from a 11 few wild wolves forms forms wolves Jackals and possibly the or wild dogs of Australia Austraha For a long time fo foxes es too were con con- considered con considered to be bo possible ancestors of ot the he hedog dog but observation of ot kind fox and dogs crossed n with Ith wild animals has ed pro ed the fox to be missing In the dogs dog's family tree The fhe wild half-wild half tame half tame offspring of the wolf and dog has been trapped and carefully studied There ison is on record for tor instance the offspring ofa of a Great Dane anda and a female wolf olf The fhe result was admirable so 50 far faras faras faras as the appearance of tho the wild half-wild flog o went He lie was finely built very wolfish-looking wolfish and somewhat more wolf olf than dog The puppies of a coyote arid and a domes domes- domesticated ted dog were observed to be bo very and although one ono resembled the mother closely and the tho other tho the do do- do domesticated father they both had wolf wolf- r i ish heads and ond snarled like coyotes cootes It was as probably probable from flom this wolf wolf- I like state slate that the dog first became the friend of map mall man and it is be be- be- be believed that men and dogs lived and traveled together from the very ery earliest times Among the remains left by ancient an- an ancient an ancient cave dwellers half half bones some Bonne human some soma canine ate ale found lying together These dogs must has ha haie hae e a been at least part part- partly partly partly ly domesticated Just why hy the tl-e dog alone among animals should ra have come conic out of the a i woods to make mends friends l with nth man in m the Stone L Age ge and should have con con t i hoed faithfully at his T side as companion In 1 civilization no one ee cC c a I gj knows except c in m 4 l that he is f faithful beyond beyond be- be beyond 1 yond all othel other animals ea ji a n trait traceable In Inthe inV the wild Ild Australian t dingo one of ot tho the rf r dogs dog's ancestors It is only art among raf 3 highly civilized an- an an ancient 1 f clent peoples s like 81 the and Pr Eg Egyptians that records of vary vary- vary vary-sy ing mg breeds of dogs are found In ancient Ass Assyria ria there were ero at least two the breeds breed the grey grey- greyhound greyhound the lat lat- latter latter lat latter hound and the mastiff ter a hunting dog much like those used to-day to but probably larger and more active because he was used to hunt wild horses When th the Saluki hound was as fashion fashionable able in Egypt Ig pt there is every reason to bellee belle e that he had lust Just as ns many rivals for popularity as he has to-day to for they had some widely differing breeds of dogs their household pets and hun hunt hunters t- t to choo choose e ers cry from five thousand years ears cars ago Since then the fashions have havo been changing and varying every known n breed of dog until it scarcely resembles Its original appearance as in the caso of cf the tho Airedale who ho was once a an In England and considered red a mongrel but who ho has hils since added the qualities or of orthe the tan black-and-tan to his up make and broken into society as It were And how quickly each dogs dog's day has passed I INo No mid mid V home hone was completo once without a pug dog a stIff legged stiff stocky little dog with wIde apart w apart de-apart prom net I net etes eyes When he ho died of asthma the tho family sent to Scotland foi for a new one olle After the pug the little tan black blac black and tan and came wiggling into fashion and was carried on top of one oneN tiny muff Then came bicycle ble cIe days and high old old- old fashioned fashioned wheels v heels as w wallas wall n nas as coaches j were trailed trailed by the spotted black and I Iwhite white Dalmatian He belonged to to the tho thos thoa j He I s a st style stile Ie for mutton leg slee es and tiny hats worn orn on the side of the head Fickle fashion soon turned from flom he he Dalmatian to the huge St Bernard and Newfoundland dogs and they were ere the center of fashion when hen little boys wore ore ch Fauntleroy suits Then there was a time when wh n the tho only thing to have was as a bulldog bred with an undershot Jaw aw and a retreating nose But after a while they overdid the van atlon an ninon atlon of the poor animal so that his teeth hardly met and in summer time he suffered so ao badly from the heat that It vas painful to watch him That was as because his poor nose was as pushed into his Ius face making it hard for him to get air Just as suddenly as the others t ti L e little fo foe fot terrier t came bouncing Into style le and no one wanted anted any other kind of dog And so it went bloodhounds went bloodhounds french poodles looking foolish with their hair haircut haircut cut in ruffles rumes Pomeranians spaniels they they came and went ent until he war brought in the courageous and in- in intelligent in intelligent breeds most u useful on the front rid the Airedale follo ngo dose clostIn clos in this i country Of course there I n is a new st stile Ie conI coming but Just what hat is it that is to rival rival the swagger Airedale i r so beta wing lung sport t clothes Or will the Idle hUe one one man man dog share the honors and keep his place after all in m spite of fashions fashion's ca ca- ca canne ca fancies fancies Is 1 I it to be the tre rare Saluki as some sa say 01 of I iS there somewhere under the thedo do dog star another equally intrIguing style awaiting his future with eagerly wagging tail tall Considering their former scar m in countries north of the tho Mediterranean Salukis are comparatively nun nUll erous now among the aristocrats of dom dog appear appon- appearing ing at fashionable European do dog shows Their r recent cent importation from P IS Lut Lot a lint in the chain of their long and interesting history andIn and In Europe their 0 owners ners have Base lIa e tf lIy Ily continued the Persian names One of f the most dinned of these beautiful ani ani- animals animals mals male is 18 called Malik El anther another u is Zobeida El and one of the rocs beautiful is ii Sarona Kelb Kolb Of ore one of the tho braces of Salukis exhibited recently in England nn an expert has Joas said ald aid They were perfect pictures of grace and refinement ray 1 r r riy iy y in m build beautifully balanced and cor- cor COllect correct col collect lect in all nil the details which speed and endurance In the same way hn ti ders in the tro East always oJ been k u k with their when they ran across them in theIr through Persia and older rec rec- records of a admiration of the th plentiful in the earliest conquest e annals iZ migration trade bade literature and In old Persian manuscripts they are as favorites of princes |