Dogs of All Nations 1915 by W.E. Mason
Delta Graphic by dlb
An untitled dog poem at the book’s back by Esther Birdsall Darling
A Book Report by dlb
Sometimes when life has gone wrong with you
And the world seems a dreary place
Has your dog ever silently crept to your feet
His yearning eyes turned to your face
Has he made you feel he understands
And all he asks of you
Is to share your lot, be it good or ill
With a chance to be loyal & true
Are you branded a failure? He does not know
A sinner” ? He does not care
You’re master to him, that’s all that counts
A word, and his day is fair
Your birth & your station mean nothing to him
A Palace & a Hut are all the same
And his love is yours in honor & peace
As it’s yours through disaster & shame
Though others forget you & pass you by
He is ever your faithful Friend
Ready to give you the best he has
Unselfishly, unto the End
I just love to thumb through the old dog books & came to a screeching halt over the data on the Harrier. A dog eighteen inches high & weighing 56 lbs is one huge furry rolling ball. I came to a screeching stop sign over the Bearded Collie. Ugly! The Shetland Sheepdog was an eye-opener too. It looked more like a miniature Border Collie than a miniature Collie. The Gazelle Hound from India must have been a magnificent beast. The Roughcoated French Basset is so very appealing. Wonder if it still exists? I thought the German Sheep/Shepherd Dog was magnificent. I have run across the area in Hungary called Dalmatia before but I never seriously thought the Dal came from Hungary? Now can I possibly add Dalmation crossbreeding to our breed history? J
Regarding the Hunting breeds, It is odd that the Spaniel was early (according to Gaston Phebus) on to come from Spain & there seem to be no Spanish or Portugese Spaniels originating from Spain at all. There is an interesting item about the Spanish Pointer that I previously didn’t know. The Spanish Pointers (breed root of Pointing breeds) were brown & white, with the white not supposed to pre-dominate.
Three of the six French Pointer breeds regularly had docked tails before 1915. The information about the The Bavarian Limer looked relevant to the Vizsla, to my un-Punnet Squared eyes. The Danish Pointer that also caught my attention as to its possible likeness to the Vizsla.
Recognizing the importance of game dogs & the first hunting breeds; there is a section on the various Greyhounds. The Phu-Quoc Greyhound is interesting because of its color (but not self-colored) fawn with a dark stripe down the back. One has to wonder why the dogs from Turkey have been left out as the yellow dog from the Mid-East is most likely to be the most originating of the dog breeds that later comprised it. Oh well, doesn’t mean I can’t turn over that rock for a better answer somewhere else.
From England: Bloodhound, Bulldog, Bulldog (Miniature), English Foxhound, Trail Hound, Harrier, Beagle, Collie (Smooth, Rough), Retriever (Flatcoat, Curlycoat, Golden), Pointer, English Setter, Spaniel (Clumber, Sussex, Water, Field, Cocker), Fox Terrier (Smooth/Wire), English Greyhound, Whippet, Bull Terrier (Full, Miniature), Airedale Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Mastiff, White English Terrier, Old English Sheepdog, Otterhound, Yorkshire Terrier, Toy Spaniel (King Charles, Blenheim, Ruby & Prince Charles)
From Ireland: Irish Wolfhound, Irish Terrier, Kerry Beagle, Irish Setter, Irish Water Spaniel
From Scotland: Skye Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Scottish Deerhound, Gordon Setter, Dandie Dinmont, Cairn Terrier, Bearded Collie, Shetland Sheepdog
From Wales: Welsh Terrier, Sealyham Terrier, Welsh Spaniel, Welsh Hound
From The British Colonies: Gazelle Hound, Lhassa Terrier, Tibetan Mastiff, Rampur Greyhound, Banjara, Barb, Australian Terrier, Kangaroo Greyhound, Maltese Terrier, Newfoundland, Huskie, Labrador
From France: Pyreanean Sheepdog, French Sheepdog, Barbet, Basset Hound (Smooth, Rough & Rough Basset from Brittany), Basset of Ardennes, Rough Coated Basset of Vendeen, Blue Basset of Gascogne, French Pointer, Dupuy Pointer, Pointer of Ariege, Pointer of Saint-Germaine, Pointer Bourbonnais, Blue Pointer of Auvergne, French Setter, Setter of Picardie, Setter of Pont-Ademer, Griffon Boulet, Griffon Gerlain, Griffon Nivernais, Griffon Vendeen, French Bulldog, Non-Corded Poodle, Corded Poodle, Toy Poodle, Bourdeaux, Hound of Vendee, Poitevin Hound, Poitou Hound, Normand Dog, Saintonge, Gascogne, Artois, Virelade, Gris de Saint-Louis
From Germany: Great Dane, Dachshound, Pomeranian, Doberman Pinscher, Affenpinscher, German Sheep Dog, German Hound, German Terrier (Wire/Smooth), German Pointer (Smooth/Roughcoat), Pointer of Wurtemberg, Pointer of Weimar, German Setter, Wachtelhund, Boxer, Limer (Hanovrian/Bavarian)
From Italy: Italian Pointer, Italian Greyhound, Italian Griffon, Bolognese, Italian Sheepdog, Sheepdog of Abruzzes
From The Netherlands: Draught Dog, Brussels Griffon, Toy Brabantine, Belgian Sheepdog, Schipperke, Papillon, Wire-haired Dutch Terrier, Dutch Sheepdog, Danish Pointer
From Austria/Hungary: Austrian Hound, Hungarian Sheepdog, Bosnian Hound, Dalmation
From Spain: Spanish Pointer & Medelan
From The Swiss: St Bernard, Swiss Setter, Lucern Hound, Bern Hound, Swiss Hound
From Russia: Russian Wolfhound, Russian Yellow Retriever, Russian Hound, Owtchar, Samoyed
From Northern Europe & Asia: Norwegian Elkhound, Finnish Pom, Finnish Elkhound, Swedian Hound, Norwegian Hound, Iceland Dog, Dog of Norrland, Lapland Sheepdog, Esquimau
From the USA: Boston Terrier, Chesapeake Retriever, American Foxhound, American Bloodhound
From Mexico: Mexican Hairless, Chihuahua
From Japan: Japanese Spaniel
From China: Pekingese Spaniel, Chow Chow, Happa, Pug, Chinese Crested, Little Lion Dog
There were also sections on War Dogs, British Sheepdogs, Working Shepherds, Police Dogs, Sled Dogs & Hunting Dogs.
