Show Origin of Domestic Dog Mystery Authority Says Cloaked In mystery Is origin of at the domestic dog do Those who ho question tho the genesis at all aU are likely to accept the belief bellet that the wolf was the common ancestor of ot all nil breeds but there Is much evidence to upset this theory as as- asserts assorts sorts I 1 P. P F. F 1 Ricketts In the Detroit News Dogs may moy be divided Into two types the the wolf lupine group which has hns erect cars ears and hunts bunts by sight and the hound saluki group which has hns drop ears ars and follows Its prey by scent It ItIs ItIs Its Is s hard bard to believe bellere that this latter group descended from a wolf because its type temperament and general conformation confor confor- conformation conformation mation forbid It IL Also there Is earlier evidence of or the existence of ot the hound saluki type than of ot the wolf walt lupine group Cu Cu- Cuneiform Inscriptions and bas of ot remote years show salukis strikingly like the modern Whippet In these same a strong dog similar to the tho British Mastiff Is shown This I brings s up the question of ot a third type It becomes necessary then to search i ifor for a n more remote ancestor than thun either the wolf or saluki Far buck back In pre pro prehistoric prehistorIc historic times a dog must have vo existed which was the tap root of ot the whole genus Kenus cants although no direct evi evl- evidence evidence 1 dence has been found to bear benr out the theory Until such time as ns naturalists die dis discover cover the tho connecting link between the lupine and saluki types we wo must be content to let our fancies piny play with the tho possibility of or n a common ancestor for Cor all nil domestic dogs I |