THE DOGS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN, AMERICA, AND OTHER
COUNTRIES.

Their Breeding, Training, and Management in Health
and Disease.

COMPRISING ALL THE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE TWO STANDARD WORKS ON THE DOG,

BY STONEHENGE..

TOGETHER WITH CHAPTERS BY AMERICAN WRITERS.

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.

WITH OVER ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW YORK:

ORANGE JUDD COMPANY,
1906

W19 1906

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1887, by the

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

THE NATURAL HISTORY, ZOOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, AND VARIE

TIES OF THE DOG.

CHAPTER I.

Origin; General Characteristics; Habitats; Varieties; F. Cuvier's

Divisional Arrangement; Arrangement adopted by Stonehenge

CHAPTER II.

Wild and half-reclaimed Dogs, hunting in Packs; The Dingo; The

Dhole; The Pariah; The Wild Dog of Africa; The South-Ameri-

can Dog; The North American Dog; Other Wild Dogs

CHAPTER III.

Domesticated Dogs Hunting Chiefly by the Eye and the Nose,

and Killing their Game for Man's use; The Rough Scotch Grey-

hound and Deerhound; The Smooth or English Greyhound;

The Irish Greyhound, or Wolf-dog; The French Matin; The

Hare-Irdian Dog; The Albanian Dog; The Grecian Greyhound;

The Turkish Greyhound; The Persian Greyhound; The Russian

Greyhound; The Italian Greyhound; The Bloodhound; The

Foxhound; The Harrier; The Beagle; The Otterhound, The

Terrier; The Dachshund .

CHAPTER IV.

Domesticated Dogs, finding game by scent, but not killing it, being

chiefly used in aid of the gun; The Modern English Pointer;

The Portuguese Pointer; The French Pointer; The Dalmatian

and Danish Dogs; The English and Irish Setters; The Russian

Setter; The Ordinary Field Spaniel, including the Springer

(Clumber, Sussex, and Norfolk breeds), and the Cocker (Welsh

and Devonshire); The Water Spaniel (English and Irish); The

Chesapeake Bay Dog

CHAPTER V.

Pastoral Dogs, and those used for the purposes of draught; The

English Sheep-Dog; The Colley; The German Sheep-Dog; Pom-

eranian or Spitz Dog; The Newfoundland and Labrador Dogs;

The Esquimaux Dog; The Greenland Dog.

CHAPTER VI.

Watch Dogs; House Dogs, and Toy Dogs; Bulldog; English Mas-

tiff; Mount St. Bernard; Thibet Dog; Poodle; Maltese Dog;

Lion Dog; Shock Dog; Toy Spaniels; Toy Terriers; The

Pug Dog; Italian Greyhound.

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