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SPORTING DOGS


[Illustration: _Photo by T. Fall, Baker St._]      [_Frontispiece._
HEAD OF BLOODHOUND CHAMPION SULTAN.]


SPORTING DOGS

Their Points: and Management; in Health, and Disease

by

FRANK TOWNEND BARTON
M.R.C.V.S.

Veterinary Surgeon to the Gamekeepers' Kennel Association
Veterinary Adviser to the "Gamekeepers' Gazette"

Author of
"Non-Sporting Dogs," "Toy Dogs,"
"Everyday Ailments and Accidents to the Dog,"
"Sound and Unsound Horses," "Our Friend the Horse,"
"Breaking and Training Horses,"
"How to Choose a Horse," "The Horse Owner's Companion,"
"The Veterinary Manual," "The Age of the Horse,"
"Diseases and Accidents of Cattle,"
etc., etc.

Copiously Illustrated From Photographs







London
R. A. Everett & Co., Ltd.
1905
[All Rights Reserved]




Surely the lines--

  "Trust, oh! trust me, I will be
  Still true for ever, true to thee."

have never been more practically demonstrated, than in the following
extract, from an account of a poaching affray, published in the
_Gamekeepers' Gazette_.

"The dead gamekeeper's dog was to be seen by the roadside restlessly
waiting for its master, while he lay in a cottage fatally riddled with
shot."




                                  TO

                               BREEDERS

                       EXHIBITORS, AND FANCIERS

                                  OF

                             SPORTING DOGS

                    THROUGHOUT THE KING'S DOMINIONS




PREFACE


_This work_--Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and
Disease--_has been prepared as a companion volume to those already
published, viz._, Non-Sporting Dogs: Their Points, etc., _and_ Toy
Dogs, _in response to numerous inquiries from readers of those volumes,
asking for a work upon Sporting Dogs, to complete the series_, at a
proportionate _price_.

The Points _of the various breeds used by Sportsmen have been freely
discussed, supplemented by illustrations from photographs of the most
celebrated animals known_.

_Kennel Management, The Management of Hounds, Diseases, Accidents and
Simple Operations forms an important section of the work--features
that should render the book of far greater practical utility than one
dealing solely with the different varieties of dogs._

_Both Author and Publisher, will be satisfied, if it meets with the
hearty reception accorded to the companion publications._

_In conclusion, the Author wishes to express most hearty thanks to
all Breeders and Exhibitors who have so generously supplied him with
Photographs: to_ Our Dogs Gazette; The Kennel Gazette; The Gamekeeper,
_etc._




                               CONTENTS


  SECTION A
                                                                  PAGE
  CHAPTER I                                                          3

  =The Pointer=

  Head--Colour--Eyes--Back--Hind-quarters--Faults--Value
  of Points.

  CHAPTER II                                                        18

  =The English Setter=

  Laverack Setters--Coat--Colour--Skull--Ears--Eyes--Neck
    --Back-quarters--Tail--Fore-limbs--Weight--Faults.

  =The Irish Setter=

  Coat--Ears--Eyes--Neck--Forelegs-Loins.

  =The Black=and=Tan Setter=
  (Gordon Setter)

  Eyes--Ears--Head--Neck--Shoulders and Chest--Fore-limbs--Feet
    --Back--Loins--Stern--Value of Points.

  CHAPTER III                                                       32

  =International Gundog League=

  POINTER AND SETTER SOCIETY

  Rules--Rules for the Trial Meetings.

  CHAPTER IV                                                        42

  =Retrievers=

  FLAT-COATED: Coat--Head--Ears--Eyes--Chest--Neck--Back--
  Loins--Limbs--Faults.
  CURLY-COATED.

  =Labradors=

  RULES OF THE RETRIEVER SOCIETY

  CHAPTER V                                                         66

  =Spaniels=

  General Characteristics of the different Varieties--Temperament
    --Coat--Colour--Head--Ears--Fore-limbs--Body.

  =The Clumber=

  Weight--Head--Ears--Eyes--Coat--Neck--Club.

  =The Sussex Spaniel=

  Colour--Coat--Weight--Head--Eyes--Ears--Nose--Neck--Shoulders and
    Chest--Fore-limbs--Faults.

  =Field Spaniels=

  =The Cocker Spaniel=

  Head--Ears--Coat--Colour--Club Prices--Faults.

  The Irish Water Spaniel

  Colour--Nose--Skull--Ears--Neck--Coat--Height--General
    Appearances--Faults--Weight--Club.

  =The English Water Spaniel=

  CHAPTER VI                                                        94

  =International Gundog League=

  Rules--Regulations (subject to alteration).

  CHAPTER VII                                                      102

  =Training Spaniels=


  SECTION B

  HOUNDS

  CHAPTER VIII                                                     113

  =The Foxhound=

  Packs of Foxhounds.

  =Harriers=

  Loins--Back--Ribs--Chest--Fore-limbs--Coat.

  =The Otterhound=

  Colour--Height--Eyes--Ears--Skull--Neck.

  =The Deerhound=

  Head--Ears--Neck--Shoulders--Stern--Eyes--Body--Legs--Feet
    --Coat--Colour--Height--Weight--Points required.


  SECTION C

  HOUNDS

  CHAPTER IX                                                       141

  =The Bloodhound=

  Head--Eyes--Legs--Feet--Chest--Shoulder--Neck--Ribs--Back
    --Loins--Hind-quarters--Limbs--Tail--Coat--Colour--Height
    --Club--Association of Bloodhound Breeders.

  =Irish Wolfhounds=

  Weight--Height--Head--Ears--Neck--Fore-limbs--Hind-quarters

  =The Greyhound=

  Head--Eyes--Ears--Neck--Fore-quarters.

  =The Whippet=

  Coat--Constitution--Fore-limbs--Hind-quarters--  Feet--Tail
    --General Appearance of the Whippet.


  SECTION D

  MIXED HOUNDS

  CHAPTER X                                                        179

  =The Borzois or Russian Wolfhound=

  Ears--Eyes--Chest--Neck--Fore-limbs--Colour--Coat--Height
    --Faults--Club.

  =The Beagle=

  English Beagle Club--Points--American Beagle Club--Points.

  CHAPTER XI                                                       194

  =The Dachshund=

  Coat--Head--Nose--Eyes--Ears--Neck--Chest--Shoulders
    --Legs--Feet--Toes--Hind-quarters.

  =The Basset-hound=

  Colour--Coat--Head--Fore-quarters--Chest--Club Rules of Basset
    Club--Points of Basset Hound (smooth)--General Appearance
    --Points of the Basset-hound (rough).


  SECTION E

  FOX TERRIERS

  CHAPTER XII                                                      239

  =The Fox Terrier=

  Standard of Points recommended by the Fox Terrier Club.

  =Rough Fox Terrier=

  Scale of Points--Disqualifying Points.


  SECTION F

  TERRIERS

  CHAPTER XIII                                                     269

  =The Skye Terrier=

  Colour--Head--Body--Legs--Height--Faults--Club--Prices.

  =The Bedlington Terrier=

  History--Height--Weight--Colour--Nose--Coat--Skull--Body--Tail
    --Limbs and Quarters--Club.

  =The Scottish Terrier=

  Coat--Height--Colour--Body--Neck--Chest--Limbs and Feet--Ears
    --Eyes--Head--Hair--Muzzle--Height--Clubs.

  =The Irish Terrier=

  Coat--Colour--Neck--Body--Limbs and Feet--Weight--Club--Prices.

  =The Airedale Terrier=

  Standard of the Airedale Terrier Club--Points--Rules and
    Regulations.

  =The White West Highland Terrier=

  Description of.

  =The Welsh Terrier=

  Head--Neck--Arms--Forearms--Back and Loins--Tail--First and
    Second Thighs--Feet--Club.

  =The Dandie=Dinmont=

  History--Head--Neck--Tail--Fore and Hind limbs--Colour--Society
    --Standard of Points of Dandie-Dinmont Terrier Club--Rules
    for Breeders' Challenge Cup--Rules for the Tiddeman Trophies
    --Rules for the Ringwood Club--Breeders' Cups, etc.


  SECTION G

  AFGHAN GREYHOUND-LURCHER

  CHAPTER XIV                                                      333

  =The Afghan Greyhound=

  Skull--Eyes--Ears--Neck--Colour--Weight--Height at Shoulder
    --Limbs.

  =The Lurcher=

  =The Training, Use, and Abuse, of Night=Dogs=

  CHAPTER XV                                                       351

  =The Gamekeepers' Kennel Association=

  CHAPTER XVI                                                      363

  =Feeding Sporting Dogs=

  =Conditioning Dogs=

  CHAPTER XVII                                                     369

  =Specific Ailments=

  Distemper--Rabies--Blood Poisoning--Rheumatism--Chest Founder
    or Kennel Lameness.

  CHAPTER XVIII                                                    384

  =Constitutional Skin Diseases=

  Eczema--Boils--Herpes--Nettle Rash.

  CHAPTER XIX                                                      389

  =External Parasites and Parasitic
  Skin Diseases=

  Fleas--Pediculi or Lice--Ringworm--Sarcoptic
  Mange--Follicular Mange.

  CHAPTER XX                                                       394

  =Diseases of the Gullet, Stomach, Bowels,
  and Digestive Glands=

  Disease of the Gullet--Inflammation of the Stomach--Twist and
    Intussusception of the Bowels--Inflammation of the Bowels
    --Vomiting--Worms--Diarrhoea--Dysentery--Haemorrhage
    --Haemorrhoids--Dyspepsia--Jaundice--Ruptures.

  CHAPTER XXI                                                      413

  =Poisons and their Remedies=

  Poisoning by Arsenic--Antimony--Strychnine--Phosphorus--Rat
  and other Vermin Destroyers--By
  Lead--Mercury--Ptomaine Poisoning.

  CHAPTER XXII                                                     419

  =Diseases of the Urinary Organs=

  Disease of the Kidneys--Stone in the Bladder--Inflammation
  of the Bladder--Stricture of the
  Urethra.

  CHAPTER XXIII                                                    422

  =Diseases of the Ear=

  Dropsy of the Ear-flap--Otitis--Otorrhoea or Canker (internal)
    --Split Margin of Ear--(External Canker)--Eczema of Ears
    --Deafness--Morbid Growths in Passage--Concretions--Syringing
    ears.

  CHAPTER XXIV                                                     428

  =Diseases of the Eye=

  Ophthalmia--Blindness--Inverted Eyelids--Everted
  Eyelids--Torn Eyelids--Foreign Bodies
  in Eyes--Bareness around Margins.

  CHAPTER XXV                                                      433

  =Injuries and Minor Operations=

  Wounds--Overgrown Claws--Fractures.

  CHAPTER XXVI                                                     438

  =Minor Operations=

  Docking--Setoning--Enemas--Fomentations--Blistering--Tumours
  and Warts.

  APPENDIX                                                         443

  White West Highland Terrier

  =Club Standard of Points.=

  INDEX                                                            447




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


                                                                  PAGE

  HEAD OF BLOODHOUND CHAMPION SULTAN                    _Frontispiece_

  POINTERS ON PARTRIDGES                                             5

  POINTER CHAMPION FASKALLY BRAG                                     7

  POINTER CHAMPION CORONATION                                       11

  POINTER BITCH BARTON BEAUTY                                       13

  POINTER BITCH BARTON BLANCHE                                      15

  A BRACE OF ENGLISH SETTERS AT REPOSE (PRIDE and SALLY)            19

  ENGLISH SETTER ROMNEY ROCK                                        21

  IRISH SETTER DOG                                                  25

  IRISH SETTER CHAMPION FLORIZEL                                    27

  MR CARTWRIGHT'S FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER CHAMPION COLWYN CLYTIE      43

  TYPICAL FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER                                     45

  FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER DANEHURST ROCKET                            49

  FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER BUSY MARQUIS                                51

  TYPICAL FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER DOG                                 53

  CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER DOG                                        57

  CLUMBER SPANIEL DOG BOBS OF SALOP                                 73

  MR NEWINGTON'S SUSSEX SPANIEL DOG ROSEHILL ROCK                   77

  TYPICAL COCKER SPANIEL                                            85

  IRISH WATER SPANIEL PAT O'BRIEN                                   89

  MR WALTER WINANS' PACK OF HOUNDS AND MASTER                      115

  ENEMIES AT PEACE--FOXHOUND NAMELESS AND TAME DOG FOX             117

  LECTURER--A MEMBER OF THE CRICKHOWELL HARRIERS                   123

  DEERHOUND CHAMPION ST RONAN'S RHYME                              131

  DEERHOUND DOG CHAMPION SELWOOD MORVEN                            133

  A QUARTET OF TYPICAL BLOODHOUNDS                                 143

  GREYHOUND BITCH LADY GOLIGHTLY                                   159

  FAWN GREYHOUND DEAN BADEN POWELL                                 161

  A TRIO OF GREYHOUNDS, DUKE O' RINGMER, LADY GOLIGHTLY, GLORY
    O' RINGMER                                                     163

  GREYHOUND SUSSEX BELLE                                           165

  TYPICAL WHIPPET DOG DANDY <DW53>                                   169

  BORZOIS PADIHAM NORDIA                                           175

  BORZOIS DOG                                                      177

  A GROUP OF LEYSWOOD BEAGLES                                      183

  POCKET BEAGLE CHEERFUL OF RODNANCE                               185

  DACHSHUND CHAMPION SNAKES PRINCE                                 195

  A BRACE OF TYPICAL DACHSHUNDS                                    197

  DACHSHUND DOG AND BITCH                                          199

  RED DACHSHUND VICTORIA REGINA                                    201

  MR PROCTOR'S BASSET-HOUND BITCH QUEEN OF THE GEISHA              209

  A BRACE OF TYPICAL SMOOTH-COATED BASSET-HOUNDS                   211

  SMOOTH-COATED BASSET-HOUND BITCH AND HER PUPPIES                 213

  SMOOTH BASSET-HOUND DOG CHAMPION LOUIS LE BEAU.
  A veritable pillar of the Stud Book                              215

  TYPICAL SMOOTH-COATED BASSET BITCH                               217

  A GROUP OF CHAMPION SMOOTH-COATED BASSETS                        219

  TYPICAL ROUGH BASSET BITCH                                       221

  ROUGH-COATED BASSET-HOUND DOG CHAMPION PURITAN                   223

  TYPICAL ROUGH-COATED BASSET DOG                                  225

  MR SCOTT'S SMOOTH FOX TERRIER MILLGATE JOE                       241

  CHAMPION SOUTH CAVE LEGER                                        243

  SMOOTH FOX TERRIER DUKE OF DONCASTER                             245

  SMOOTH FOX TERRIER CHAMPION CYMRO QUEEN                          249

  MISS LEWIS'S WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER CHAMPION DONINGTON VENTURE  251

  MR SCOTT'S SMOOTH FOX TERRIER MILLGATE BANDIT                    253

  SMOOTH FOX TERRIER DOG CHAMPION DUKEDOM                          257

  SMOOTH FOX TERRIER DOG DARLEY DALE                               259

  WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER DOG REMUS OF GAYWOOD                     261

  MR SCOTT'S WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER MILLGATE LEADER               263

  TYPICAL PRICK-EARED SKYE TERRIER DOG                             271

  BEDLINGTON TERRIER DOG                                           275

  SCOTTISH TERRIER DOG CHAMPION HYNDMAN THISTLE                    279

  A TRIO OF SCOTTISH TERRIERS                                      281

  GROUP OF SCOTTISH TERRIERS                                       285

  IRISH TERRIER BLACKBROOK BANKER                                  289

  AIREDALE TERRIER DOG BARKEREND MASTERPIECE                       291

  AIREDALE TERRIER DOG CROMPTON MARVEL                             295

  AIREDALE TERRIER DOG BARKEREND VICTORIA                          299

  BRACE OF WHITE WEST HIGHLAND