Title: The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Identifier: cu31924001170848 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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HAIRLESS DOGS. 539 led into the ring by a Chinese nurse in native costume. In appearance, Ta Jen was not unhke a tiny ^Miniature Bulldog, with a quaint fierce face and large eyes set far apart, and with ears " like the sails of a war junk." His tail was short but not docked. His weight might be 5 lb. or 6 lb., and in colour he was black and tan. A dog of the same ^â¢ariLâ ty, but fawn and white, is owned bv Lord Howe. Both were im- ported b\' Mrs. Carnegie from Pekin, where they were said to ha\-e been purloined from the Imperial Palace. The Havana and Manilla Spaniels.â These two little toy Spaniels are no doubt varieties of the ancient ilaltese dog, from which they differ only in minor points, although owners both in Cuba and the Philippines claim them as native breeds. The Manilla is somewhat larger than the Maltese and may attain to a weight of 16 lb. Usually it is white, and the coat instead of falling straight lies in wavy strands. The eyes are large, black, and lustrous, and the nose, also, is jet black. Miss Pidgeley en- deavoured to form a kennel of the variety, and her Tina was a very good specimen who lived to be over eighteen years old, with her senses unimpaired. Tina was the dam of Archer, also a typical one. The Manilla Spaniel is an uncommonly intelligent little dog, and is as quick as a Poodle at learning tricks. The Havanese dog has a softer coat, and in colour it may as often be brown as white. A very good bitch was shown by Mme. Malenfer at the Tuileries Gardens in 1907, Poulka de Dieghem by name, bred by M. Max de Conninck, who has kept many of the breed in France. Poulka is a chestnut brown, or cafe au lait colour, with an excellent con- sistency of coat, and a good head with large, expressive eyes. In general appearance she reminds one of the Lhasa Terrier. Another good specimen was M. Desmaison's Titine, but Poulka was the more typical, and gained the first prize under Mr. F. Gresham. The Havanese makes an admirable pet, and like its Cuban relative it is remarkably wise. The Mongolian Dog.â Another inter- esting and unfamiliar variety of what the French call the chicns dc luxe, is the Mon- golian dog. It resembles the Poodle in general shape, but is remarkable for its very thick and closely packed coat of white hair, which is as dense and deep as that
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HAVANESE DOG POULKA DE DIEGHEM. PROPERTY OF MADAME MALENFER, PARIS. of a Leicestershire sheep. The head is long, with drop ears, and a square muzzle. It is somewhat high on the leg, and round bodied. Three French bred specimens were lately exhibited in Paris. Hairless Dogs.âHere may be mentioned the curious hairless and semi-hairless dogs which occur in Central and South America, the ^^'est Indies, China, ^ilanilla, and certain parts of Africa. There seem to be two types : one built on the lines of the Manchester Terrier, and sometimes attaining the racy fineness of the Whippet ; and the other a short legged, cloddy animal, less elegant and prone to run to ungainly obesity. The size varies. Some are small dogs of four or five pounds in weight ; others may a^'erage from ten to fifteen pounds, while some are as heavy as twenty-five pounds. These last are decidedly unpleasant in appearance ; their bareness giving the impression of disease. It is quite possible that the hairless dog is in actuality a degenerate animal, although this might seem to be disproved by the cir- cumstance that most specimens are very

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