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The Cocker Spaniel 
T HIS little dog has long black silky 
hair. That is why one likes to 
stroke it and make a pet of it. It 
likes to be petted, and so will make friends 
with you easily. Because it is a small dog 
and gentle, children like to play with it. See 
how long its body is, and how short its legs. 
It used to go out into the fields with its 
master when he was hunting game, and 
would run and get the birds its master shot. One kind, the setter, would 
even go into water and dive for the ducks that had been caught in nets. 
The Dachs-hund 
W HAT a funny-looking dog!” you 
are thinking as you look at this 
picture. You would think him 
even funnier, if you were to see him front 
to, for his head looks big, and his fore-legs 
are very short and are bent, and his fore¬ 
feet toe in. His body is so long and 
his legs so short that he cannot run fast, 
but those are just the things that make him 
good at digging out an animal that has burrowed in the earth, such as a 
fox or badger. They have a keen sense of smell, and are black and tan. 
The Russian Greyhound 
I S not this stately dog handsome? He is slender and tall and very 
graceful. He sometimes stands almost three feet high at the shoul¬ 
der. The Russians, who used to use him in hunting wolves, call him 
a “bor-zoi.” He may be black, yellow, or 
a pure white, or silver-gray. He has great 
speed, can endure much, and is very cour¬ 
ageous, so he is as noble and high-bred 
as he looks. No dog has greater beauty of 
form, and his gracefulness is added to by 
his shaggy coat and the fringe of long hair 
on his breast, his fore-legs, and his tail, and 
by his long, flat-sided body and sharp nose. 
