Show Thorough-Bred Thorough Dogs Are Given Odd Names Because pure-bred pure dogs come from so many corners of the earth there are arc many misconceptions held by the general public concerning the breeds recognized by the Amer Amer- American American American ican Kennel club The names of the breeds seem to tobe tobe tobe be particularly puzzling to most pea peo people pie pIc and few can understand why some are capitalized and others are not not- This confusion is increased be be- because because because cause foreign words often seem seem like proper nouns A visit to the library at the head head- headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters of the A. A K C. C C sheds light lighton lighton on the derivation of f the th names n mes of the breeds and reveals that mis mis- mistaken mistaken mistaken taken meanings are taken even from English names For instance the bloodhound is not so-called so because he can scent the blood of criminals In the past he was called the blood blooded ed hound meaning simply that he was an aristocrat among dogs The French word papillon was given to a toy breed because its fringed ears resembled the wings of ofa ofa a butterfly Also from France comes the basset hound and its name means merely that it is low to the ground The originated in Bel Bel- Belgium Belgium gium glum and it earned its Flemish name which means little captain because it was found so generally as a s a guard on the canal nal boats The Hungarian breed re re- received received re- re received its name because of its tra tra- traditional traditional traditional occupation as the armed guard of the nobility which is the translation |