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The consideration of different crosses in which other breeds 

 were employed will add to the above analysis and extend our 

 understanding of these growth distortions, as well as others 

 of somewhat different degrees and quality. 



BASSETHOUND-SALUKI HYBRIDS 



The general type and chief characteristics of the basset- 

 hound have been described at the beginning of the chapter 

 in the introduction to the consideration of the bassethound- 

 shepherd cross. The reader unfamiliar with this breed may 

 review the type by referring to page 47. 



The Saluki, which has existed since ancient times in Asia 

 Minor and northern Africa, is far more strongly contrasted 

 in type with the bassethound than is the normal standard 

 shepherd dog. The Saluki deviates from the shepherd dog- 

 type in an almost opposite direction from that of the basset- 

 hound, and the contrast between the Saluki and the basset- 

 hound is extreme. While the bassethound is built for heavy 

 running through low growing woods and thick underbrush, 

 the Saluki is the light-footed, swift-speeding greyhound type 

 adapted for chase in the open country. 



An almost exact representation of the modern Saluki type 

 can be seen in carvings on the oldest monuments in both Asia 

 Minor and Egypt. It is surprising, when one considers the 

 history of wars and human migrations in these regions, that 

 a breed of dogs could have maintained any degree of purity 

 in type through thousands of years. Nevertheless, the Saluki 

 of today definitely resembles in outline the drawings and 

 carvings of a dog depicted from time to time through long- 

 ages. The disposition of the Saluki may in some way account 

 for the persistence of its type. This dog is quite indifferent 

 and almost unfriendly toward the members of many other 

 breeds, and it is equally true that some individuals of other 

 breeds fail to recognize the Saluki as belonging to their 

 species and will occasionally attack it without provocation. 

 Among the large number of breed crosses made in our ex- 

 periments, none of the cross-matings has been more difficult 



