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INDEX 



DOGUE DE BORDEAUX, 401 



appearance, forbidding, 401 



Brooke, Mr. H. C., on, 402 



Club, 402 



colours, 405 



cropping, 401, 402 



fighting dog, 401, 405 



history, 401 



introduction, 401 



objectionable features, 401 



origin, 401 



points, 402 



size, 405 



typical specimen, 403 

 Domestic dog, origin of, I 

 Drag-hunting with Beagles, 196 

 Draughthound, 68 

 Droppers, 244 

 Drovers' Dog, 162. See Old English 



Bobtailed Sheepdog 

 Dwarfing process, 621 



Early dogs, I 



Ears, classification by form and de- 

 velopment of, 14 

 Eastern Hounds, 138 

 Edible Dog, Chinese, 543, 544 

 Egyptian Hounds, ancient, 5 



hunting, ancient, 5 



ladies' dogs, ancient, 6 



lapdogs, ancient, 6 



monuments, presentments of dogs 

 on, 4 



pet dogs, ancient, 6 



terrier-like dog, ancient, 5 

 Elkhund, Swedish, 367 

 English Pointer, 241. See Pointer 



Schipperke Club, 560 

 ENGLISH SETTER, 254 



antiquity, 254 



beauty, 254 



Belton, blue, 260 



blue marbles, 257 



breaking, 264 



breeders, prominent, 256, 257, 

 258, 260, 261, 262, 267 



celebrated specimens, 256-259, 261, 

 262, 265, 267, 269, 270 



colours, 255, 257, 260, 263 



compared with Pointer, 268 



crosses, 255, 259, 261 



field trials, 258, 261, 265 



gipsies' dogs, 259 



history, 254 



ENGLISH SETTER contd. 



inbreeding, 258 



Laverack, 258, 259 



Llewellin strain, 260, 264, 265, 

 267, 269, 273 



net, breaking to, 254 



numbers of, past and present, 255, 

 256 



origin, 254 



points, 263 



puppies, 263, 264 



puppy, selecting, 263 



quartering, 263, 270 



red marbles, 257 



sagacity, 256, 268, 269, 271 



show v. working. 265 



size, 262, 263 



temperament, 254, 259, 268, 269 



training, 264 



trials, 258, 261, 265 



varieties, 255 



working v. show, 265 

 ENGLISH SPRINGER, 307 



breaking, 309, 311 



breeders, prominent, 312 



celebrated specimens, 308, 309, 

 3ii, 312 



chastisement, 309 



crosses, 308 



fleetness, 308 



history, 307 



legs, 'crossing, to shorten, 308 



mouth, softening, 311 



origin, 308 



points, 312 



puppy, selecting, 308 



quartering, 310 



retrieving, 310 



size, 308 



teams, 311 



training, 309, 3 1 1 



trash-cord, 309 



trials, 311 



writers, old, on, 307 

 English Terrier, Old, 417, 518 



Terrier, White, 530. See White 



English Terrier 



ENGLISH TOY SPANIELS, 588. See 

 also under names of breeds 



bedding, 599 



Blenheim, 592 



breeding, 597 



brood bitch, 597 



classification as one breed, 601 



Club, 591, 594 



coat, 595, 596, 600, 601 



