FOREIGN NON-SPORTING AND UTILITY BREEDS. 521 



coarser than the elegant Deutsche Dogge 

 of to-day. The bristly game was hunted 

 in a more manly fashion than is now 

 usual. He was bayed by light, active 

 dogs, frequently a cross between the sheep- 

 dog and the Spitz (Saufinder), and then 

 attacked, covered, and held by powerful, 

 heavy dogs (Hatzriiden), to be ultimately 

 given the coup dc grace with the Saufeder, or 

 boarspear. The hound needed to be very 

 powerful to attack an animal able to cleave 

 his way unscarred through the thickest 

 brushwood, and the fine coat and skin of 

 our modern Great Dane was not sought for 

 in the old Hatzriide ; but with the advent 

 of firearms and of the more comfortable 

 methods of pursuing the grim Eber or his 

 scarcely less dangerous consort the Bache, 

 the original breed of heavy Hatzriiden 

 disappeared, although his loose dewlap and 

 coarse, hard coat recurred with persistency 

 in some of the early strains of the Dane. 



Of existing breeds the one bearing the 

 closest resemblance to the original German 

 Boarhound is not the Great Dane, which 

 should not be called a Boarhound at all, 

 but the Rottweil Dog, usually called the 

 Rottweiler Metzgcvhnnd, or butcher's dog 

 of the town of Rottweil in South Ger- 

 many, in which district it is, or was, 

 largely used by the knights of the cleaver 



for driving cattle. It is a strong, powerfully 

 built breed, not so tall or so graceful as the 

 Great Dane. Its height averages 23 inches. 



FRENCH SMOOTH-COATED SHEEPDOG VOLTIGEUR 

 (CHIEN DE BERGER DE BEAUCE). 



FRENCH SHEEPDOG OF LA BRIE 



CH. POLKA DE MONTJOYE. 



PROPERTY OF MADAME VICTOR-THOMAS. 



The head is broad and domed, the ears are 

 pendant, the expression is intelligent and 

 courageous. The coat is not long, but thick, 

 coarse and weather-resisting. The tail is 

 thick, with the hair longer on the underside. 

 The colour is black and rich tan, the 

 markings being distributed in the manner 

 common to dogs of this colour ; 

 but occasionally red specimens 

 are seen. 



The breed is already very 

 scarce, and as there are no 

 great inducements to its con- 

 tinuance, even as a drover's 

 assistant, it seems probable 

 that in a few years' time it 

 will have become e.xtinct unless 

 preserved from that fate by the 

 club which has recently been 

 revived in Germany with the 

 purpose of resuscitating the 

 breed. 



Police Dogs. — Considerable 

 attention has been paid in 

 various countries to the train- 

 ing of dogs in the assistance 

 of the police. The police dogs 



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