The Dog in Health and Disease: Comprising the Various Modes of Breaking and Using Him for Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Etc., and Including the Points Or Characteristics of Toy DogsLongmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1872 - 470 páginas |
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... weight as 16 lbs . The black dog from which the engraving at the head of this article was taken is remarkable for a degree of in - breeding rarely seen , as will be evident from the annexed pedigree . He is of a black colour , is very ...
... weight as 16 lbs . The black dog from which the engraving at the head of this article was taken is remarkable for a degree of in - breeding rarely seen , as will be evident from the annexed pedigree . He is of a black colour , is very ...
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... weight and want of pace , little doubt can be felt as to their differing from our modern hounds . But it was not only in shape and want of pace that these hounds were different from oùrs , but in their dwelling on a scent , as if ...
... weight and want of pace , little doubt can be felt as to their differing from our modern hounds . But it was not only in shape and want of pace that these hounds were different from oùrs , but in their dwelling on a scent , as if ...
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... weight he cannot com- pete in this respect with the foxhound of 23 inches ; but as he is not required to hunt a second fox , and has not often more than a few miles of road work in going to the meet , he is not wanted to be so capable ...
... weight he cannot com- pete in this respect with the foxhound of 23 inches ; but as he is not required to hunt a second fox , and has not often more than a few miles of road work in going to the meet , he is not wanted to be so capable ...
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... Redmond's celebrated dog " Tartar , " out of " Vic , " a Manchester - bred bitch , formerly the property of the Hon . Egremont Lascelles . Her weight is about 6 lbs . enable the terrier to dig away at an earth for. ENGLISH TERRIER . 73.
... Redmond's celebrated dog " Tartar , " out of " Vic , " a Manchester - bred bitch , formerly the property of the Hon . Egremont Lascelles . Her weight is about 6 lbs . enable the terrier to dig away at an earth for. ENGLISH TERRIER . 73.
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... not sharp ; ears large and hanging close to the head , eyes full , bright and intelligent , tail straight and carried erect , with a slight curve over the back WELLS . ( houndlike ) ; the weight 18 to 15 76 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
... not sharp ; ears large and hanging close to the head , eyes full , bright and intelligent , tail straight and carried erect , with a slight curve over the back WELLS . ( houndlike ) ; the weight 18 to 15 76 DOMESTICATED HUNTING - DOGS .
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