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SPORTING DOGS
[Illustration: _Photo by T. Fall, Baker St._] [_Frontispiece._
HEAD OF BLOODHOUND CHAMPION SULTAN.]
SPORTING DOGS
Their Points: and Management; in Health, and Disease
by
FRANK TOWNEND BARTON
M.R.C.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon to the Gamekeepers' Kennel Association
Veterinary Adviser to the "Gamekeepers' Gazette"
Author of
"Non-Sporting Dogs," "Toy Dogs,"
"Everyday Ailments and Accidents to the Dog,"
"Sound and Unsound Horses," "Our Friend the Horse,"
"Breaking and Training Horses,"
"How to Choose a Horse," "The Horse Owner's Companion,"
"The Veterinary Manual," "The Age of the Horse,"
"Diseases and Accidents of Cattle,"
etc., etc.
Copiously Illustrated From Photographs
London
R. A. Everett & Co., Ltd.
1905
[All Rights Reserved]
Surely the lines--
"Trust, oh! trust me, I will be
Still true for ever, true to thee."
have never been more practically demonstrated, than in the following
extract, from an account of a poaching affray, published in the
_Gamekeepers' Gazette_.
"The dead gamekeeper's dog was to be seen by the roadside restlessly
waiting for its master, while he lay in a cottage fatally riddled with
shot."
TO
BREEDERS
EXHIBITORS, AND FANCIERS
OF
SPORTING DOGS
THROUGHOUT THE KING'S DOMINIONS
PREFACE
_This work_--Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and
Disease--_has been prepared as a companion volume to those already
published, viz._, Non-Sporting Dogs: Their Points, etc., _and_ Toy
Dogs, _in response to numerous inquiries from readers of those volumes,
asking for a work upon Sporting Dogs, to complete the series_, at a
proportionate _price_.
The Points _of the various breeds used by Sportsmen have been freely
discussed, supplemented by illustrations from photographs of the most
celebrated animals known_.
_Kennel Management, The Management of Hounds, Diseases, Accidents and
Simple Operations forms an important section of the work--features
that should render the book of far greater practical utility than one
dealing solely with the different varieties of dogs._
_Both Author and Publisher, will be satisfied, if it meets with the
hearty reception accorded to the companion publications._
_In conclusion, the Author wishes to express most hearty thanks to
all Breeders and Exhibitors who have so generously supplied him with
Photographs: to_ Our Dogs Gazette; The Kennel Gazette; The Gamekeeper,
_etc._
CONTENTS
SECTION A
PAGE
CHAPTER I 3
=The Pointer=
Head--Colour--Eyes--Back--Hind-quarters--Faults--Value
of Points.
CHAPTER II 18
=The English Setter=
Laverack Setters--Coat--Colour--Skull--Ears--Eyes--Neck
--Back-quarters--Tail--Fore-limbs--Weight--Faults.
=The Irish Setter=
Coat--Ears--Eyes--Neck--Forelegs--Loins.
=The Black=and=Tan Setter=
(Gordon Setter)
Eyes--Ears--Head--Neck--Shoulders and Chest--Fore-limbs--Feet
--Back--Loins--Stern--Value of Points.
CHAPTER III 32
=International Gundog League=
POINTER AND SETTER SOCIETY
Rules--Rules for the Trial Meetings.
CHAPTER IV 42
=Retrievers=
FLAT-COATED: Coat--Head--Ears--Eyes--Chest--Neck--Back--
Loins--Limbs--Faults.
CURLY-COATED.
=Labradors=
RULES OF THE RETRIEVER SOCIETY
CHAPTER V 66
=Spaniels=
General Characteristics of the different Varieties--Temperament
--Coat--Colour--Head--Ears--Fore-limbs--Body.
=The Clumber=
Weight--Head--Ears--Eyes--Coat--Neck--Club.
=The Sussex Spaniel=
Colour--Coat--Weight--Head--Eyes--Ears--Nose--Neck--Shoulders and
Chest--Fore-limbs--Faults.
=Field Spaniels=
=The Cocker Spaniel=
Head--Ears--Coat--Colour--Club Prices--Faults.
The Irish Water Spaniel
Colour--Nose--Skull--Ears--Neck--Coat--Height--General
Appearances--Faults--Weight--Club.
=The English Water Spaniel=
CHAPTER VI 94
=International Gundog League=
Rules--Regulations (subject to alteration).
CHAPTER VII 102
=Training Spaniels=
SECTION B
HOUNDS
CHAPTER VIII 113
=The Foxhound=
Packs of Foxhounds.
=Harriers=
Loins--Back--Ribs--Chest--Fore-limbs--Coat.
=The Otterhound=
Colour--Height--Eyes--Ears--Skull--Neck.
=The Deerhound=
Head--Ears--Neck--Shoulders--Stern--Eyes--Body--Legs--Feet
--Coat--Colour--Height--Weight--Points required.
SECTION C
HOUNDS
CHAPTER IX 141
=The Bloodhound=
Head--Eyes--Legs--Feet--Chest--Shoulder--Neck--Ribs--Back
--Loins--Hind-quarters--Limbs--Tail--Coat--Colour--Height
--Club--Association of Bloodhound Breeders.
=Irish Wolfhounds=
Weight--Height--Head--Ears--Neck--Fore-limbs--Hind-quarters
=The Greyhound=
Head--Eyes--Ears--Neck--Fore-quarters.
=The Whippet=
Coat--Constitution--Fore-limbs--Hind-quarters-- Feet--Tail
--General Appearance of the Whippet.
SECTION D
MIXED HOUNDS
CHAPTER X 179
=The Borzois or Russian Wolfhound=
Ears--Eyes--Chest--Neck--Fore-limbs--Colour--Coat--Height
--Faults--Club.
=The Beagle=
English Beagle Club--Points--American Beagle Club--Points.