Vintage Weird Things: Assorted

~ YesBiscuit

Our grab bag of weird animal stories from the turn of the century begins with an account of the feats of an alleged mind reading dog.

Forest and Stream, April 27, 1893
A skeptical description of the abilities of a performing horse, published in The Country-Side, March 6, 1909.
An apparently benevolent editor dubbed the heading on this cockamamie idea “A Breeders’ Association” as if it was a proposal for some run of the mill book club. From Forest and Stream, March 18, 1886
The peasants were restricted by a size limit on their dogs in seventeenth century England. From Country Life, October 11, 1902
The guy ran rabbits and even bayed but did he have velvety, kissable ears? The Dog Fancier, January 1903
Walking hounds through broth, from the book Hare-hunting and harriers; with notices of beagles and basset hounds by H. A. Bryden, 1903
A variation of the practice described in the previous snippet, also from the book Hare-hunting and harriers; with notices of beagles and basset hounds by H. A. Bryden, 1903
Bradley, C. (1898). The reminiscences of Frank Gillard (huntsman) with the Belvoir hounds, 1860 to 1896. London, England: Edward Arnold
A supposed cure for mange from The Dog Fancier, September 1912.
Attributing to inheritance the idea that baby animals, once able to walk, will move from their sleeping area to relieve themselves. Dogdom, August 1912
Another dreadful mange cure in The Dog Fancier, January 1921

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