The Bull Terrier - A Dog Anthology (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)

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THE BULL TERRIER - A DOG ANTHOLOGY gathers together all the best early writing on the breed from our library of scarce, out-of-print antiquarian books and documents and reprints it in a quality, modern edition. This anthology includes chapters taken from each of the following books, all of them written by renowned breed experts of their day. All of the original photos and illustrations are also reproduced. Contains Chapters From: A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland. The Terriers. First published London 1894. - The author of this three title was Rawdon B. Lee. He was well known as the editor of "The Field," and also author of the histories of "The Fox Terrier," "The Collie," and other important dog books. The three volumes were devoted to every breed of dog found in Great Britain and Ireland. Every aspect of their history, breeding and management is discussed in great detail. A particular feature of these books were the numerous detailed full page drawings by the famous dog artist Arthur Wardle, which are reproduced here in fine detail. THE DOG BOOK By James Watson - First published in London, 1906, in two volumes and limited numbers. Now a rare and much sought after work. Its full title is "A Popular History of the Dog, with Practical Information as to Care and Management of House, Kennel, and Exhibition Dogs; and Descriptions of All the Important Breeds. In Ten Parts." The contents were well illustrated with numerous photographs of leading and famous dogs of that era. James Watson was a renowned authority on all dog breeds and his knowledge is imparted in great detail throughout this famous book. Also, THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE DOG By Vero Shaw - This rare and desirable work was first published in parts over the years 1879 - 1881 and thoroughly described every aspect of over sixty breeds of dogs. Vero Shaw was a leading authority and editor of dog books and periodicals in the late nineteenth century, but this particular comprehensive work stands as a final testimony to his immense knowledge of the subject. Each breed was discussed in detail. Their physical points, temperaments,, and special abilities are given; celebrated dogs are discussed and pictured; and the history of the breed and pedigrees of famous champions are also provided. This classic work strongly influenced the direction of dog breeding in its time and for decades after.
British Terriers: Their Breeding, Management, and Training for Show or Work. By J. Maxtee. This important early work on British Terriers was first published in London, 1909. John Maxtee was the author of this and other dog breed books, and was also editor of "The Fox Terrier," "The Greyhound," and "The Collie." His "British Terriers" contained two separate divisions - English and Welsh and Scotch and Irish. Some nineteen breeds of terrier were discussed in detail and the book contained many photographs of famous examples of each breed. Also, BRITISH DOGS - THE VARIOUS BREEDS. THE POINTS, SELECTION, SPECIAL TRAINING & MANAGEMENT, AND SHOW PREPARATION By W. D. Drury with contributions from numerous authorities. Originally published in two volumes in 1888, but a new edition of 1903 encompassed both volumes. It discusses in great detail over sixty dog breeds with many photographs and other illustrations. The chapters are penned by experts on the particular breeds and this book is now considered one of the finest reference works in the English language. The Twentieth Century Dog (Non - Sporting) and its companion volume The Twentieth Century Dog (Sporting) Edited by Herbert Compton. These two well illustrated volumes were first published in London 1904 and were compiled from the contributions of over five hundred experts. The editor first gleaned the professional views of dog judges, dog breeders and dog exhibitors by distributing over two thousand questionnaires to gain the information set out in these two leading dog books.

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• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 28 juin 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781528761550
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Bull Terrier
Vintage Dog Books
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Vintage Dog Books 2007
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ISBN No. 978-1-4086-3182-9
Vintage Dog Books
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Warwickshire
B49 51J
www.vintagedogbooks.com
Contents
THE TERRIER
THE BULL TERRIER
THE BULL-TERRIER
THE BULL TERRIER
THE BULL-TERRIER
THE BULL-TERRIER
THE BULL-TERRIER
T HE T ERRIER
IT WILL be necessary to treat the terrier family much as we did the spaniels, by giving a general introduction, which will cover the ground from our first information regarding them up to quite a recent date, considering what is known of quite a number of breeds. The most singular thing with regard to this group of dogs is that while writer after writer on dogs of England has been so keen to prove that the mastiff and the bulldog were purely productions of the British Isles, they have entirely ignored the one breed group about which there could be no dispute. It is easy to find European dogs with a decidedly family resemblance to mastiffs even of the present time and to the bulldog of thirty to fifty years ago, but we have failed to find anything like a terrier outside of the German pintscher, which has a terrier resemblance. Whereas in the British Isles there is not only one but a group of breeds only differing in type, but all with the same general character of game, vermin dogs and useful companions.
Our readers will by this time have had every evidence that we have no belief in spontaneous origin of breeds, but that lack of care in breeding and the crossing of various dogs of different sizes and characters produced others that differed and were found useful for certain sports or certain purposes. In the old books terriers are occasionally mentioned with what to our present-day notions are ridiculous associations. Mongrel mastiffs, or mongrel greyhounds are some of the terms used, and we thereupon laugh at the terrier being kin to our huge mastiff. The old writer, however, never thought of saying that he was a half-bred bear-fighting mastiff, but was from one of the smaller specimens of the common dogs then grouped as mastiffs, Caius s table of which will be found in the preceding chapter. So with the greyhound there were what were called greyhounds for many different sports. Caius mentions greyhounds is used for deer, fox and other beastes of semblable kinde ordained for the game of hunting . . . Some are of a greater sorte and some of a lesser, some are smooth skynned and some are curled, the bigger therfor are appoynted to hunt the bigger beastes, and the smaller serve to hunt the smaller accordingly. Caius places the terrier in the same section as the hounds, following what he called the harrier, but which was his group name for all scenting hounds outside of bloodhounds, and preceding the latter in his description order, which is a decidedly honourable position for the terrier to occupy, ranking him with dogs of a gentle kind.

THE TERRIER
By Bewick, 1790

A HOWITT ETCHING, 1809

CONY CATCHING
By Barlow (1626-1702)
Showing small dogs of reyhound terrier type

THE WARREN RABBIT SHOOTING
Two of A. Cooper s paintings. About 1830
That the terrier was really entitled to rank with hounds is not to be readily disputed, for, taking a broad view of the groups of terriers, there is more or less resemblance to the hounds that were kept in various districts. Thus in England the oldest mention of the colour of terriers shows the black and tan of the hound to be then the prevailing terrier colour. In Scotland the colours have always been those of the Scotch deerhounds-fawns and brindles-where the deerhound prevailed, while along the Border, where the sleuth hounds were kept, we have a heavier eared terrier. In Ireland the terrier favours the wolfhound in colour and contour. It seems reasonable therefore to conclude that terriers were small mongrels in which hound blood formed considerable part, and that the rough coats and sprightliness came from greyhound infusions, so there was nothing at all incongruous in calling them half-bred greyhounds or recommending a cross of bastard mastiffs and beagles.
The dog-show visitor of the present sees an array of terriers, each variety thoroughly distinct in type one from the other, and can with difficulty, if at all, realise that this has been accomplished in considerable less than a century; not but what there were varieties longer ago than that, but they were few, and the great majority were simply terriers except when it came to the black-and-tan smooth terrier, which was so called, and the universal sandy, rough-coated dog which went by the name of Scotch terrier. To modern terrier men who can hardly appreciate what the conditions were in England even as late as 1860, it is still more difficult to understand that while dogs that went to earth after foxes and badgers were called terriers, they might be anything in the way of breeding.
The first description from Caius, 1565, is devoid of all particulars as to the dogs themselves being simply confined to what they did:
Of the Dogge called Terrar, in Latine Terrarius .
Another sorte of hunting dog there is which hunteth the Foxe and the Badger or Greye onely, whom we call Terrars, because they (after the manner and custome of ferrets in searching for Connyes), creepe into the grounde, and by that meanes make afrayde, nyppe, and byte the Fox and the Badger in such sort, that eyther they teare them in pieces with theyr teeth beyng in the bosome of the earth or else hayle and pull them perforce out of their lurking angles, darke dongeons, and close caves, or at the least through coceved feare drive them out of their hollow harbours, in so much that they are compelled to prepare speedy flight, and being desirous of the next (albeit not the safest) refuge, are otherwise taken and intrapped with snares and nettes layde over holes to the same purpose. But these be the least in that kind of Sagax.
To say that they were small was hardly necessary, the guide to their size being well established by the work they did. That description of the terrier did duty for many long years, and as late as 1735 it was reproduced, as it had been by nearly all the interim writers, in the Sportsman s Dictionary, as follows: Terrier, a kind of hound, used only, or chiefly for hunting the fox or badger. So called because he creeps into the ground as the ferrets do into the coney-burrows, and there nips and bites the fox and badger, either by tearing them in pieces with his teeth, or else halling and pulling them by force out of their lurking holes; or at least driving them out of their hollow harbours, to be taken by a net, or otherwise.
There is another quotation which was handed down from one to another of the old writers, and has proved a great stumbling block against which recent writers have stubbed their toes. Jacques du Fouilloux wrote a French book which he called La Venerie, and in it he described fox and badger hunting underground, as it was practised in France. We have not seen this book in the original, or any French quotation or direct translation, but we do know that he was cribbed from right along the line. Turberville s Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting is simply a translation. Dr. Stevens compiled the Maison Rustique, published in Paris in 1572, eleven years after du Fouilloux published his book, and copied from the latter. Stevens was apparently translated by Surflet, for he and Turberville do not quite agree, but it is very plain that all have the one origin in Du Fouilloux.
Stevens s French quotation begins as follows: Deux sortes de Bassets pour courier les regnards et tessons: Q Vant la cbasse des regnards et tessons, elle se fait avec chiens de terre, autrement dits Bassets, lequel sont de deux especes.
The English version in its complete state, as given by Surflet, is this:

ORIGINAL YORKSHIRE TERRIER THE BROKEN-HAIRED TERRIER
Later the wire-haired fox terrier
A SPECIMEN DOG OF MR. RADCLIFFE S BREEDING
Strain given up fa a few years
THE SMOOTH BLACK-ANO-TAN TERRIER.
TERRIERS IN STONEHENGE
Representing terriers other than Skye, Dandie and fox of 1868-1872

TERRIERS OF A CENTURY AGO
This is one of two pictures referred to in the text as erroneously attributed to J.M. Roos. The two dogs immediately behind the white one are red. The one in the background and that to the right climbing over the wheelbarrow are black-and-tan
Two sorts of Earth dogs: The hunting of the fox and brocke, to bee performed with Earth dogs, which are of two sorts: the one hath crooked legs and commonly short haired: the other hath straight legs and shagd hair like Water spaniels, those which have the crooked legs creep more easilie into the earth than the others, and they are best for the brocks, bicause they stay long there, and keepe better without coming forth. Those which have straight legs serve for two uses, bicause they run as coursing dogs above ground, and also take the earth more boldly than the other, but they tarrie not in so long, bicause they vexe themselves in fighting with the foxes and brocks, whereby they are forced to come forth to take the aire.
Turberville s translation was from Du Fouilloux and is as follows:
Now to speak of the foxhounds and terriers, and how you are to enter them to take the foxe, the badgerd, and such like vermin; you must understand that there are two sorts of terriers, whereof wee hold opinion t