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RECREA TION. 



The American 

 Book of the Dog 



THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT, SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS, 

 UTILITY, BREEDING, TRAINING, DISEASES, AND KENNEL 

 MANAGEMENT OF ALL IMPORTANT BREEDS OF DOGS 



A Book for Dog Fanciers and Dog Owners 



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. 



8vo, 700 Pages, 85 Illustrations. Cloth, $5.00; Half Morocco, gilt top, $6.50; 



Full Morocco, gilt edges, $8.00 



CONTENTS 



The English Setter. Bernard Waters, Kennel Editor 

 The American Field, and author of " Modern Train- 

 ing, Handling, and Kennel Management." 



The Irish Setter. Max Wenzel, Secretary The Irish 

 Setter Club of America, and B. F. Seitner, Vice- 

 President The Pointer Club of America. 



The Gordon Setter. Harry Malcolm, President The 

 American Gordon Setter Club. 



The Pointer. Charles K. Westbrook, A. M. 



The Greyhound. Col. Roger D. Williams, President 

 The Iroquois Hunting and Riding Club. 



The Deerhound. Dr. Q. Van Hummell. 



The Foxhound. Dr. M. G. Ellzey, Associate Editor 

 The National Economist. 



The Bassethound. Lawrence Timpson. 



The Dachshund. William Loeffler. 



The Bloodhound. J. L. Winchell. 



The Russian Wolfhound. William Wade. 



The Beagle. H. F. Schellhass, President The Ameri- 

 can-English Beagle Club. 



The Irish Water Spaniel. P. T. Madison, Secretary 

 The Indiana Kennel Club. 



The English Water Spaniel. William A. Bruette. 



The Clumber Spaniel. F. H. F. Mercer, Kennel 

 Editor Sports Afield. 



The Sussex Spaniel. A. Clinton Wilmerding, President 

 The American Spaniel Club. 



The Field Spaniel. J. F. Kirk. 



The Cocker Spaniel. J. Otis Fellows. 



The Fox Terrier. August Belmont, Jr., President The 

 American Kennel Club, and The American Fox 

 Terrier Club. 



The Yorkshire Terrier. P. H. Coombs. 



The Chesapeake Bay Dog. George W. Kierstead. 



The Bedlington Terrier. W. H. Russell. 



The Irish Terrier. Dr. J. S. Niven. 



The Bull Terrier. Frank F. Dole. 



The White English Terrier. E. F. Burns. 



The Airedale Terrier. F. H. F. Mercer. 



The Scottish Terrier. John H. Naylor. 



The Dandie Dinmont Terrier. John H. Naylor. 



The Skye Terrier. Lawrence Timpson. 



The Black and Tan Terrier. Dr. H. T. Foote. 



The Maltese Terrier. Miss A. H. Whitney. 



The Collie. Henry Jarrett and J. E. Dougherty. 



The Old English Sheep Dog. William Wade. 



The Great Dane (German Dogge). Prof. J. H. H. 

 Maenner. 



The St. Bernard. F. E. Lamb. 



The Mastiff. William Wade. 



The Newfoundland. L. F. Whitman. 



The Bulldog. John E. Thayer. 



The Dalmatian Coach Dog. Maj. T. J. Woodcock. 



The Poodle. W. R. Furness. 



The Italian Greyhound. Dr. G. Irwin Royce. 



The Pug. G. W. Fisher. 



The Mexican Hairless Dog. Mrs. Elroy Foote. 



The Toy Spaniels. Miss Marion E. Bannister, Secre- 

 tary The New York Pet Dog Club. 



The Schipperke. E. R. Spalding. 



Diseases of the Dog, and their Remedies. Dr. J. 

 Frank Perry ("Ashmont "), author of " Dogs; Their 

 Management and Treatment in Disease." 



Spaniel Training. F. H. F. Mercer. 



The Hon. John S. Wise, the eminent statesman and lawyer, President of the Pointer Club of America, and 

 one of the most distinguished sportsmen and dog fanciers in the country, says of this book : 



" In selecting contributors to this work Mr. Shields has displayed rare good judgment. His list of writers 

 embraces the names of many gentlemen who are recognized as leading authorities on the subjects of which 

 they write. While those articles may, in some cases, be more or less tinged by the peculiar views of their 

 authors, the book, thus drawn from many different minds, is not only very eclectic in character, but, in my 

 judgment, much more correct and valuable, as a whole, than it could be were it the production of an individual. 



" The book is exceedingly interesting. It is free, too, from the sameness of expression and treatment so 

 often found in books of this character, written by one man. It is, moreover, a very instructive book, and of 

 practical value, in many features, to the owners and breeders of dogs. - 



" A valuable feature of this book is the illustrations. Many of these are artistic and beautiful in a high 

 degree. The portraits of several dogs of world wide reputation are shown, and those of many other typical 

 specimens, less widely known, add t© the interest and attractiveness of the work. Nearly every breed is 

 illustrated, and of some breeds several good specimens are pictured." 



This book will be mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price, by 



G. O. SHIELDS, J9 West 24th Street, New York 



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