THE -AMERICAN 



BOOK OF THE DOG. 



THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL 



CHARACTERISTICS, UTILITY, BREEDING, TRAINING, 



POINTS OF JUDGING, DISEASES, AND KENNEL 



MANAGEMENT OF ALL BREEDS OF DOGS. 



HON. JOHN S. WISE, BERNARD WATERS, MAX WENZEL, B. F. SEITNER, HARRY MALCOLM, CHARLES 

 K. WESTBROOK, COL. ROGER D. WILLIAMS, DR. Q. VAN HUMMELL, DR. M. G. ELLZEY, LAW- 

 RENCE TIMPSON, WILLIAM LOEFFLER, J. L. WINCHELL, WM. WADE, H. F. SCHELLHASS, 

 P. T. MADISON, WM. A. BRUETTE, F. H. F. MERCER, A. CLINTON WILMERDING, 

 J. F. KIRK, J. OTIS FELLOWS, GEO. W. KIERSTEAD, AUGUST BELMONT, JR.,~VV. H. 

 RUSSELL, DR. J S. NIVEN, FRANK F. DOLE, E. F. BURNS, P. H. COOMBS, 

 J. H. NAYLOR, DR. H. T. FOOTE, Miss A. H. WHITNEY, HENRY JARRETT, 

 J. E. DOUGHERTY, PROF. J. H. H. MAENNER, F. F.. LA.MB, L. F. WHIT- 

 MAN, JOHN E. THAYER, MAJ. T. J. WOODCOCK, W. R. FURNESS, 

 DR. G. IRWIN ROYCE, G. W. FISHER, MRS. ELROY FOOTE, 

 Miss MARION E. BANNISTER, E. R. SPALDING, AND 

 DR. J. FRANK: PERRY 



EDITED BY G. O. SHIELDS ("COQUINA"), 



AUTHOR OF "CRUISINGS IN THE CASCADES," "RUSTLINGS IN THE ROCKIES," "HUNTING IN THE 



GREAT WEST," "THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE," "THE BIG GAME OF 



NORTH AMERICA," "CAMPING AND CAMP OUTFITS," ETC. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: 

 RAND, MCNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. 



1891. 



