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Show r.,,.if HARRIET MAY WnSOM Bulldogs And Other Dogs Every dog is a good dog to it! owner. The tie that binds the doj to his master, and vice versa, is al most as old as the history of man If a man has a bulldog he will sweai that the bull is the only dog to own; if he has a collie or an airedale then the faithfulness of the one oi the sagacity of the other become! his theme song. But no man knows the true, full lineage of his pet since the blood lines of canine fami lies go back, in most instances, un til they are obscured in the misti of ancient times. The English bulldog, as he is now known, has been bred for many cen turies, having been used originall for the savage sport of bear baitins and bull baiting. Later, when dog fighting came into prominence, th bull was adapted to the "pit," bu' in all of these sports the characteristics character-istics of courage, tenacity, determi nation, and strength have been in dispensable, and it has been fo these traits that the bull has beer consistently bred. In general appearance the bul should suggest power courage stability. sta-bility. Breed characteristics are th undershot jaw, a loose-jointed shut fling "roll" gait, and a ferocious ap pearance which is frequently belied by the really friendly heart of th dog. So much for the English bulldog. bull-dog. The French bull which is prob ably a cousin of the English, is not so much a fighting dog as he is i family friend and guard dog. He ii smaller than the English bull, he ha! "bat" ears, and cobby formation; he is active, intelligent and muscular THE DALMATIAN One of the handsomest and mosi dignified of all dogs is the Dalmatian Dalma-tian "coach dog." He is short-haired, smooth, symmetrical, muscular anc active, of an ultra-smart appear ance, and capable of maintaining a fair rate of speed for a considera ble length of time. The Dalmatiai is readily recognized by his live spots. The standard for these dog! requires that the ground color b pure white; the spots should be a: round as possible, and may be either ei-ther black or liver-colored. Thi! breed is desirable as coach, watch or companion dog, and has beer used in his native land as a gur dog. THE GREAT DANE In all the dog world, no handsomer hand-somer specimen can be found that the Great Dane. If he is pure bred his expression will be characterized by an attitude of absolute fearlessness; fearless-ness; his movements with a tigerlike tiger-like grace. Much controversy has arisen concerning the origin of the Great Dane. These dogs have beer bred for centuries, and records as remote as those of the Egyptian period pe-riod prove that a dog of this type was then in existence. Authorities state that "the breed probably descended de-scended from the dogs of the Egyp tian era, and that possibly the ancestral an-cestral Great Dane stock spread tc Germany where -it was crossed with the blood of the Ulmer Dogge, Rottweiler Rott-weiler Metzerghund, etc. The name 'Dutch Dogge' was adopted as the official title for the breed in Germany Ger-many late in the 19th century, and as such it is now known in thai country." The standard for this breed requires that males weigh nol less than 120 to 160 pounds and females fe-males from 100 to 130 pounds; shoulder shoul-der heights vary, for males, from 28 to 36 inches and for females from 28 to 32. THE RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND He (or she) who would "cut a figure" fig-ure" on any famous thoroughfare, will do well to acquire a Russiai wolfhound or "Borzoi" as the Russians Rus-sians call him. These dogs- are ol the "coarser" type and are knowrj to have been in existence since prao tically pre-historic times. The Russian Rus-sian people have used this greal hound in the pursuit of the fierce wolves of the Russian steppes, hence the hound must be swift, strong and of unimpeachable courage. He ii possessed of extreme speed and endurance, en-durance, the result of extraordinarj muscular, heart, and lung develop ment. He is one of the most symmetrical, sym-metrical, graceful, and strikingly attractive at-tractive of all the breeds of dogs. THE SUM OF THE MATTER The sum of the whole matter is, as we said at the beginning, every dog is a good dog to his master. Ii you have a dog even the veriest mongrel you must love him and be good to him; you must give him, sc far as a mere human being can, a loyalty to match his own. For information on many breads ol dogs, send five cents to Superintendent ol Documents. Washimwton. D. C, asking toi Farmers' Bulletin No. 1491. VALLEY OF THE SASKATCHEWAN In the great Valley of the Saskatchewan Sas-katchewan are a million and a hall square miles of country, perfectly suited to the breeding of wild fowL It is said that the lakes in that region re-gion are so numerous as to average one to every mile, in spite of the fact that a few are 200 to 300 miles long. Thus, in this region are more than a million lakes and marshes, where drouth is unknown, and where food and shelter for waterfowl are ample. |