A PECULAR EYE-COLOR AMONG MALAMUTE-DOGS 
by J. P. Lorsy H 
While walking on the beach of San Francisco-bay near the well- 
known Cliffhouse, opposite the rocks on which numerous sea-lions have 
their home, I was struck by a sign „Polar animal-show”’ near the merry 
go-round which apparently is aninevitable feature of American seaside- 
resorts. 
The show turned out to consist of Malamute-dogs, used in the sta- 
ging of the films, illustrating CURWOOD’s famous novels. Malamute-dogs 
are obtained by the Eskimo’s by crossing any breed of dogs they can get 
hold off, with at least four different kinds of wolves, described to me by 
their intelligent keeper — a Swiss —as , le loup rouge”’ 
„le loup gris” and „le loup de Sibérie, presque blanc avec un peu de 
gris”. These F, dog-wolf hybrids are subsequently inbred by the Eski- 
le loup noir”, 
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mo’s, and their progeny, whenever opportunity is favorable, crossed 
back with wolves. 
No wonder, that by so proceeding, a motley crowd results; I saw ani- 
mals with long hair and others with short hair, with upright and with 
hanging ears, with different shapes of the head and body, ranging in 
color from pure white, through all shades of yellow-red, to almost black, 
Yet the keeper took great pains to explain to me that all, with the 
exception of the white dog, which plays the chief-role in the CURWOOD- 
films, were „demi-loup”’, the latter only being „trois-quart de loup”. 
. Regardez Monsieur, c'est si simple’; so speaking, he puts two glas- 
ses on a case. , Imagiriez-vous l’un de ces verres rempli de vin rouge 
— sang de loup — l’autre d’eau — sang de chien —; versez le vin dans 
l’eau et vous aurez le chien-loup: 50 % de vin rouge — le loup — et 
50 % d’eau — le chien.” 
„Eh bien! qu’est que vous faites en copulant deux chien-loups ? Vous 
versez de l’eau contenant 50 % de vin, dans du vin contenant 50% d'eau, 
