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 (1911) (14763395542)

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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
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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head OF CH. COTSWOLD. to giving prizes to Irish Wolfhounds ofthis colour, but Captain Graham does notobject to it. Finn was a very heavy dog,and weighed 14S lbs. A hound that has been of great benefit 166 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. to the breed in Ireland is Ch. Marquis ofDonegal. He is the property of Mr. .Martin,and I believe I am correct in saying thathe is an own brother to Dermot Astore.Mr. Martin has had several other high-class specimens, of which Connaught wasone of the best. Amongst the bitches that have been in- most promising young dog in FelixstoweYirra, a son of Kilcullen and Kitty Astore,with which he was second to Mrs. ShewellsCh. Cotswold, who is undoubtedly thegrandest Irish Wolfhound ever bred, andhas so far had an unbeaten record. Inheight Ch. Cotswold stands 34+ inches.At the same show Miss Clifford, of Rvde,
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MRS. P. shewells CH. COTSWOLD PATRICIA BY WOLF TONE PRINCESS PATRICIA OF CONNAUGHT. strumental in building up tne breed to itspresent high state of excellence is PrincessPatricia of Connaught, who is by DermotAstore out of Cheevra, and is the damof Ch. Cotswold Patricia. She is one ofthe tallest of her race, her height being33 inches; another bitch that measuresthe same number of inches at the shoulderbeing Dr. Pitts-Tuckers Juno of the Fen,a daughter of Ch. Wargrave, who has hadseveral prizes placed to her credit. Mr. Everett, of Felixstowe, is now oneof the most successful breeders. He ex-hibited at the last Kennel Club show a exhibited a good hound in YVildcroft,another of Dermot Astores sons, and othersupporters of the breed are Lady KathleenPilkington, Mr. T. Hamilton Adams, Mr.G. H. Thurston, Mr. Bailey. Mrs. F. Mar-shall, Mr. J. L. T. Dobbin, and Miss EthelMcCheane. The following is the description of thevariety as drawn up by the Club :— 1. General Appearance.—The Irish Wo