Vintage Dogs: Historical Bits

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The unidentified mass murderer of women in Whitechapel known as Jack the Ripper might have been hunted by a pack of bloodhounds on the night of one of the killings if not for a failure to agree on monetary compensation.

Anon. (1897, May 22). Some notable dogs. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 544-546.

Around the turn of the century, St. Bernard classes at shows were divided into rough-coats and smooth-coats. Here are some examples of each from an English kennel:

Female rough-coat
Female smooth-coat
Male rough-coat
Male smooth-coat

Source: Anon. (1902, May 31). A noted kennel of St. Bernards. Country Life, pp. 696-698

Source: Animal life and the world of nature: a magazine of natural history throughout the world, Volume II, July 1903 – June 1904
Salukis were referred to by various names around the turn of the century with Assyrian greyhound perhaps being one of the less common ones.
Image: Country Life, May 28, 1904
The Country-Side, August 7, 1909.
The Country-Side, August 14, 1909.

Fluffy and curly were two of the three coat types by which poodles were described around the turn of the century, the third being corded.

Source: Williams, L. (1919). A manual of toy dogs (3rd ed.). London: Edward Arnold

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