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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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DOGS
AND
ALL
ABOUT
THEM
BY
ROBERT
LEIGHTON
ASSISTED
BY
EMINENT
AUTHORITIES
ON
THE
VARIOUS
BREEDS
WITH
SEVENTEEN
FULL-PAGE
PLATES
[Frontispiece:
SMOOTH-COATED
ST.
BERNARD:
CH.
THE
VIKING.
(_From
the
Painting
by
Lilian
Cheviot.)]
[Transcriber's
Note:
The
capital
letter
"P"
has
been
used
throughout
to
represent
the
pound
sign
of
British
currency.]
PREFACE
The
popularity
of
the
dog
as
a
companion,
as
a
guardian
of
property,
as
an
assistant
in
the
pursuit
of
game,
and
as
the
object
of
a
pleasurable
hobby,
has
never
been
so
great
as
it
is
at
the
present
time.
More
dogs
are
kept
in
this
country
than
ever
there
formerly
were,
and
they
are
more
skilfully
bred,
more
tenderly
treated,
and
cared
for
with
a
more
solicitous
pride
than
was
the
case
a
generation
ago.
There
are
fewer
mongrels
in
our
midst,
and
the
family
dog
has
become
a
respectable
member
of
society.
Two
million
dog
licences
were
taken
out
in
the
British
Isles
in
the
course
of
1909.
In
that
year,
too,
as
many
as
906
separate
dog
shows
were
sanctioned
by
the
Kennel
Club
and
held
in
various
parts
of
the
United
Kingdom.
At
the
present
time
there
exist
no
fewer
than
156
specialist
clubs
established
for
the
purpose
of
watching
over
the
interests
of
the
different
breeds.
Recognising
this
advance
in
our
national
love
of
dogs
and
the
growing
demand
for
information
on
their
distinguishing
characteristics,
I
am
persuaded
that
there
is
ample
room
for
a
concise
and
practical
handbook
on
matters
canine.
In
preparing
the
present
volume,
I
have
drawn
abundantly
upon
the
contents
of
my
larger
and
more
expensive
New
Book
of
The
Dog,
and
I
desire
to
acknowledge
my
obligations
to
the
eminent
experts
who
assisted
me
in
the
production
of
the
earlier
work
and
whose
contributions
I
have
further
utilised
in
these
pages.
I
am
indebted
to
Mr.
W.
J.
Stubbs
for
his
clear
exposition
of
the
points
of
the
Bulldog,
to
Colonel
Claude
Cane
for
his
description
of
the
Sporting
Spaniels,
to
Lady
Algernon
Gordon
Lennox
for
her
authoritative
paragraphs
on
the
Pekinese,
to
Mr.
Desmond
O'Connell
for
his
history
of
the
Fox-terrier,
and
to
Mr.
Walter
S.
Glynn,
Mr.
Fred
Gresham,
Major
J.
H.
Bailey,
Mr.
E.
B.
Joachim
and
other
specialists
whose
aid
I
have
enlisted.
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