All hail the dog for not biting this kid. From Country Life, July 20, 1901 😭 Source: Y. (1903, February 21). The Quorn hounds. Country Life, pp. 229-231 I think these dogs are blinking S. O. S. in Morse code. From Dogdom, April 1908. Lordy, I'd hate to have seen the competition. From Dogdom, May … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: More Oof
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Vintage Dogs with Jobs III
Two images of liver, white and tan field spaniels from Country Life, October 19, 1901. Foxhounds at a crossroads in Country Life, February 8, 1902. The king's pack of dogs used for otter hunting was made up of otterhounds, foxhounds and five terriers. Source: Anon. (1902, June 21). The king's otter-hounds in county Wicklow. Country … Continue reading Vintage Dogs with Jobs III
Vintage Labrador Retrievers
The following photos and text are from a 1902 article in an English magazine: Sentry Source for above images: Anon. (1902, August 23). The Labrador dog. Country Life, pp. 238-239 The breed entry below, from a 1909 book, indicates just one color for the Labrador: black. Source: Smith, A. C. (1909). Everyman's book of the … Continue reading Vintage Labrador Retrievers
Just a Princess Sending Photos of her Dogs to a Magazine
Source: Country Life, June 7, 1902
Vintage Dogs: Brace IV
Young Russian wolfhounds in Country Life, August 10, 1901. A brace of pointers in Country Life, August 24, 1901 Hic Celer was killed in a kennel fight, Handy Cat was a winner of the Barbican Cup. Both dogs belonged to Harding Cox. From Country Life, October 12, 1901. Source: Teasdale-Buckell, G. T. (1902, March 1). … Continue reading Vintage Dogs: Brace IV
A Turn of the Century Flatcoated Retriever Family
Painting by Maud Earl of Champion Darenth (male) by Hopeful out of Donna. Source: Slaughter, F. E. (1898). The sportswoman's library, volume I. Westminster, England: Archibald Constable & Co. The following excerpts are from a 1902 article: Amongst the numerous owners of high-class flat-coated retrievers, Mr. L. Allen Shuter of Kirby Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent, … Continue reading A Turn of the Century Flatcoated Retriever Family
A Historical Collection of Setters
Painting by Louis Agassiz Fuertes.Source: Fuertes, L. A. and Baynes, E. H. (1919, March). Our common dogs. The National Geographic Magazine, pp. 201-253 In the 1874 text below, the English, Irish and Gordon setters are introduced, the latter being referred to as the Scotch setter: Source: Richardson, H. D. (1874). Dogs: their origin and varieties; … Continue reading A Historical Collection of Setters
Vintage Dogs and People IX
From Country Life, July 13, 1901. Vintage Dogs and People and Falcons should possibly be a separate post. From Country Life, October 19, 1901. Greyhounds from the kennel of English show judge Harding Cox pictured in Country Life, October 12, 1901. Country Life, October 26, 1901 This dog looks like a water spaniel. From Country … Continue reading Vintage Dogs and People IX
Vintage Field Trial Dogs III
Source: Anon. (1901, August 3). The field trials on grouse. Country Life, pp. 156-158 Field trial winning female, Tring. From Country Life, January 18, 1902. Bergholt Dart, winner of second place at the 1902 trials held by the Retriever Society in Norfolk, England, with owner Captain W. G. Eley. Bergholt Jill, winner of the second … Continue reading Vintage Field Trial Dogs III
Vintage Dog Deaths in the Papers
Forest and Stream, January 19, 1882 Breeder and Sportsman, March 21, 1885 Breeder and Sportsman, March 28, 1885 Dogdom, July 1903 Greyhound death in Breeder and Sportsman, October 31, 1903 Boston terrier death in Dogdom, June 1909 Photo of the dog mentioned above in a classified ad from Dogdom, February 1908 Perhaps the motto should … Continue reading Vintage Dog Deaths in the Papers
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