heterodon simus , commonly known as the southern hog-nosed snake , is a harmless snake species endemic to the southeastern united states .

no subspecies are currently recognized .

southern hognose snake

the shaded region represents the range of the southern hognose snake in north carolina .
southern hognose snakes are not as common as the eastern hognose snake . southerns are considered a species of concern in south carolina .
but these snakes are also known by many other common names such as texas hognose snake , prairie hognose snake , bluffer , blow snake , spoonbill snake , spreadhead snake , texas rooter , and faux viper .
like its larger cousin , the eastern hognose snake , southern hognose snakes also feign death to discourage potential predators . the southern has a more sharply upturned snout than the eastern .
the southern hognose snake is classified as vulnerable ( vu ) on the iucn red list ( 1 ) .
the eastern hognose snake is found in the eastern half of the united states from central new england to florida . it is also found in southern canada . the eastern hognose snake is found in southern new hampshire .
their range extends from southern canada to northern mexico through the central united states . in canada , it ' s found in southern alberta , southern saskatchewan , and southern manitoba .
description : the southern hognose snake has an upturned snout , like its larger cousin the eastern hognose snake . southern hognose snakes are very stocky and have patterns of large , dark brown blotches on a tan or light gray background . their bellies are whitish and usually mottled with gray or brown . the southern hognose has a dark stripe running between its eye and the corner of its mouth . southern hognose snakes can be distinguished from eastern hognose snakes by the coloration under the tail , which is similar to that of their belly .
faking death is a tactic the eastern hognose snake uses when confronted by a predator .
western hognose snake ( h . n . nasicus - baird & girard , 1852 )
gloyd ' s hognose snake ( h . n . gloydi - edgren , 1952 )
kennerly ' s hognose snake ( h . n . kennerlyi - kennicott , 1860 )
in north america , the eastern hognose snakes share the genus heterodon with two other species , the southern hognose heterodon simus and the western hognose heterodon nasicus . the western hognose h . nasicus has three sub - species , the plains hognose h . n . nasicus , the dusty hognose h . n . gloydi and the mexican hognose h . n . kennerlyi .
southern hognose snakes are carnivores , primarily consuming frogs , toads , lizards , small rodents and insects .
to deter predators , the southern hognose snake uses a variety of defensive behaviours including puffing up its head , flattening its neck , hissing continuously and pretending to strike . the snake also employs an alternative strategy , rolling onto its back and playing dead . the southern hognose snake’s defensive display is less elaborate than that of other hognose snakes ( 4 ) ( 6 ) ( 11 ) .
this species occurs widely in the united states , extending into southern canada . its range extends from southern new england through southern ontario to minnesota and south dakota , and south to southern texas , the gulf coast , and southern florida ( conant and collins 1991 , ernst and ernst 2003 ) .
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jenson , j . 2004 . southern hognose snake heterodon simus . pp . 42 - 43 in r mirarchi , m bailey , t haggerty , t best , eds .
endemic to north america , the southern hognose snake is only found in the southeast of the united states . it is distributed from eastern north carolina to southern florida , and as far west as south - eastern mississippi . however , a recent population survey failed to locate the southern hognose snake in mississippi or alabama , and it is possible that it has been eliminated from these states ( 1 ) ( 4 ) .
reproduction : southern hognose snakes lay 6–14 eggs during the summer , and the babies look like miniature versions of the adults .
the fire ant ( solenopsis invicta ) , an invasive species introduced to the usa , predates on reptile eggs and hatchlings ( 13 ) . the specific impact these ants have on the southern hognose snake is unknown , but areas with heavy fire ant infestations have recorded a disappearance of the southern hognose snake ( 1 ) ( 4 ) ( 6 ) .
comments : harmless ( non - venomous ) . see comments under eastern hognose snake ( heterodon platirhinos ) .
beane , j . , s . graham , t . thorp , l . pusser . 2014 . natural history of the southern hognose snake ( heterodon simus ) in north carolina , usa .
the southern hognose snake ( h . simus ) has a more upturned snout , and the underside of its tail and belly are the same uniform , pale , color ( tennant , 2003 ) .
the southern southern hognose snake ( heterodon simus ) is the smallest member of the genus heterodon ( 4 ) . all members of the genus have a characteristic upturned snout ( 5 ) . this species has a tan coloured body with square blocks of brown running down its back , and orange scales between the brown patches . small , round , dark brown blotches run along its sides and it has a cream or light grey belly with no markings ( 4 ) ( 6 ) . the southern hognose snake is rough to the touch , as it has keeled , or ridged scales ( 7 ) . the female southern hognose snake is larger than the male ( 4 ) .
heterodon which means different tooth , is in reference to the characteristically enlarged dentition to the rear of the hognose snake’s mouth .
roadkill has been the main source of mortality for southern hog - nosed snakes and is opportunistically used as the main way to record snake populations .
the eastern hognose snake ' s favorite prey is toads , but it also preys on frogs , salamanders , small mammals , birds , and invertebrates . the eastern hognose snake uses its nose to root around for toads in their burrows . when a toad is disturbed by a hognose snake , it will often puff itself up like a balloon . the eastern hognose will uses his long rear fangs to pop the toad so it can swallow it .
color patterns in young southern hog - nosed snakes are the same as color patterns seen in the adult snakes . southern hog - nosed snakes display indeterminate growth patterns .
lack of proper fire management has resulted in the loss of dry sand hills , which are an important habitat for the southern hognose snake . road networks have also fragmented habitats , and although the southern hognose snake can withstand this disturbance , road mortality is a significant threat , especially for hatchlings ( 1 ) ( 4 ) ( 7 ) . further concerns include pesticide application and the habitual persecution of snakes by humans ( 1 ) .
the western hognose snake feeds on any animal that it can overpower and kill . their diet includes predominantly amphibians such as frogs , toads , and reptiles like small lizards and other small snake species .
strategic environmental research and development program . species profile : southern hognose snake ( heterodon sinus ) on military installations in southeastern united states . 98 - 4 . chapel hill , north carolina : the nature conservancy . 1998 .
global range : ( > 2 , 500 , 000 square km ( greater than 1 , 000 , 000 square miles ) ) the range extends from southern new england through southern ontario to minnesota and south dakota , and south to southern texas , the gulf coast , and southern florida ( conant and collins 1991 , ernst and ernst 2003 ) .
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southern hog - nosed snakes prey on regional frogs , toads , lizards . the presence of southern hog - nosed snakes in the ecosystem affects the population of those prey . southern hog - nosed snakes are prey to various snakes , carnivorous mammals , and birds .
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little is known about the southern hognose snake’s breeding biology , and most of the available information has been obtained through studying captive animals . the breeding season is thought to be from may to june , and the female southern hognose snake will lay a clutch of 6 to 14 eggs from late spring to early summer . the eggs take 65 to 70 days to hatch and the hatchlings emerge between mid - september and early october ( 4 ) ( 7 ) .
this hog - nosed snake has an immense range . it may be found along the atlantic seacoast from central new england to the southern tip of florida and then westward to central texas and central minnesota . it also occurs in southern ontario , canada .
a lack of information on the abundance and distribution of the southern hognose snake makes it difficult to determine the threats to this species . however , the most important factors are thought to be habitat loss and invasive species ( 4 ) .
iverson , j . b . 1995 . heterodon nasicus ( western hognose snake ) . reproduction . herpetological review 26 ( 4 ) : 206 .
the eastern hognose snake is found in woodlands with sandy soil , fields , farmland , and coastal areas . it is active during the day .
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little is known about the longevity of southern hog - nosed snakes . eastern hog - nosed snakes (
a wide spread snake , the eastern hognose snake is found throughout the eastern united states from eastern - central minnesota to extreme south new hampshire south to south florida , west to east texas and west kansas . ( behler and king )
mattison , c . 1992 . reproduction in the dusty hognose snake , heterodon nasicus gloydi . litteratura serpentium english edition 12 ( 5 ) : 98 - 101 .
mcalister , w . h . 1963 . evidence of mild toxicity in the saliva of the hognose snake ( heterodon ) . herpetologica 19 : 132 - 137 .
the western hognose snake is a are relatively small but stout - bodied snake species with females being considerably larger than males . adult specimens typically reach about 2 feet ( 60 cm ) in length , with a maximum length of about 3 feet and
tuberville , t . , j . bodie , j . jensen , l . laclaire , j . gibbons . 2000 . apparent decline of the southern hog - nosed snake , heterodon simus .
contrary to popular belief , the southern hognose snake does not produce toxic venom and it is not considered to be a dangerous species , although it does have a painful bite ( 12 ) . it feeds mainly on toads , which it digs out of loose soil using its upturned snout . it then grasps the prey using its enlarged rear fangs ( 4 ) ( 6 ) ( 11 ) . although toads form the majority of the southern hognose snake’s diet , it also feeds on other small vertebrates such as lizards , mice and frogs ( 7 ) .
lighting - although hognose snakes are naturally diurnal , no special lighting setup is necessary .
pendlebury , g . b . 1976b . the western hognose snake , heterodon nasicus nasicus , in alberta . canadian field naturalist 90 ( 4 ) : 416 - 422 .
southern hognose snakes ( heterodon simus ) ; commonly known as puff adder , hissing adder , spreading adder , blow viper and the hissing sand snake , belongs to the colubridae family . they average in size between 14 to 21 inches long , with the record being 24 inches long .
southern hog - nosed snakes are most commonly found in very xeric , upland sand hills . other habitats may include forests , woodlands , river floodplains , and other dry soil areas . southern hog - nosed snakes inhabit longleaf pine (
lazcano , d . , jr . 1988 . life history notes . heterodon nasicus kennerlyi ( mexican hognose snake ) . coloration . herpetological review 19 ( 2 ) : 36 .
conservation status : southern hognose snakes have apparently declined in recent years and are of conservation concern throughout their range . they have not been found in alabama or mississippi since the 1970 ' s and are restricted to scattered locations in the states where they still occur . although introduced fire ants have been implicated in the decline of southern hognose snakes , they have certainly also suffered from loss of longleaf pine forest , urban sprawl , and conversion of upland habitats to agriculture . unfortunately , the secretive habits of this species have hampered study of their ecology and population dynamics . southern hognose snakes are protected throughout the state of georgia .
richardson , a . d . ( 2004 ) hognose snakes . capstone press , minnesota .
travis , c . a . , d . chiszar , and h . m . smith . heterodon nasicus ( western hognose snake ) . herpetological review 27 ( 4 ) : 212 .
the southern hognose snake is a secretive species and is rarely spotted in the wild , spending much of its time in underground in burrows , 20 to 30 centimetres below the surface . it is thought to be diurnal , emerging from its burrow in early morning or late afternoon ( 4 ) ( 11 ) .
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the western hognose is currently classified as least concern by the iucn . unlike their close relative the
censky , e . j . and c . j . mccoy . 1985 . geographic distribution . heterodon nasicus nasicus ( plains hognose snake ) . herpetological review 16 ( 2 ) : 60 .
fuller , s . r . 1981 . a case of envenomation by a western hognose snake , heterodon n . nasicus . northern ohio association of herpetological notes 9 ( 1 ) : 11 .
even though the western hognose snake as suffered some local declines it is still widespread today . like other species , they are affected by the conversion of the original prairie habitat to agricultural land .
have tails that are nearly all black . the tails of southern hog - nosed snakes are always a similar color to the rest of the ventral side . the hatchling snakes resemble the same coloration and blotch patterns of adult southern hog - nosed snakes .
southern hognose snakes are heavily thick bodied . their snouts are just sharply turned upwards and pointed . their color patterns consist of a light yellowish brown , some are tinted with an orange - red color , with dark blotches on their backs and smaller blotches on their sides . their bellies and tail are the same light pale gray color . their is a dark line that extends from its upper jaw thru the eye . southern hognose snakes have round pupils .
comparison with other species : the eastern hognose snake ( heterodon platirhinos ) has a light belly and underside of the tail , and a less upturned snout , and the pigmy rattlesnake ( sistrurus miliarius ) has a blunt nose – it is easy to distinguish between the harmless hognose snakes and pigmy rattlesnake .
the southern hognose snake can be found in dry , open areas , such as coastal sand dunes , river floodplains , and mixed oak - pine woodlands . it prefers sandy or loamy , well - drained soil , which it can easily burrow in ( 1 ) ( 7 ) ( 8 ) ( 9 ) ( 10 ) .
most common on sandy soils , the eastern hognose inhabits open woodlands , pasturelands , meadows and plains .
when most hognose snakes get excited or threatened they flatten their necks like a cobra . there ' s a myth that puff adders ( which spread their necks like hognose snakes ) mix poison with their breath and can kill a person up to a distance of 25 feet . if the threat persists , they turn over on their back and fake death . the western hognose snake usually does not perform this procedure .
habits : southern hognose snakes are active strictly by day and are often seen on warm mornings in the spring and fall . they are highly fossorial ( living underground ) and are most often encountered crossing roads that pass through sandy habitats . when confronted , hognose snakes often put on an elaborate threat display : they hiss ; spread the skin around their head and neck ( like a cobra ) , and feign striking . eventually , they will even play dead , rolling on their back and opening their mouth . despite this fairly convincing show , southern hognose snakes virtually never bite .
the southern hognose snake lays eggs . breeding takes place between april and august . males often follow the female around for several days prior to courtship and copulation . they lay between 6 - 14 whitish , thin shelled , leathery eggs , which hatch in 55 - 60 days . hatchlings are 6 - 7 inches ( 15 - 17 cm ) .
montgomery , c . and s . p . mackessy . 1999 . heterodon nasicus nasicus ( plains hognose snake ) . lack of paralysis following vertebral disjunction . herpetological review 30 ( 4 ) : 227 - 228 .
will feed with a motivation not unlike that of the hungriest rat snake ! it is quite comical to witness a juvenile eastern hognose in active pursuit of a live lizard . there is nothing graceful about it ! the
many discoveries involve specimens encountered out in the open . much of the time it is simply a matter of just focusing on the nearly invisible snake while you are visually scanning the ground during snake hunting . finding a
few people within its range are unfamiliar with the eastern hognose snake heterodon platyrhinos . having a whimsical face with large ominous eyes and a permanent smile , this snake leaves many who are so fortunate to find one with a feeling of bliss . it has a short , stocky structure and is quite animated , diverting our attention away from the fact that the eastern hognose is a powerful predator , often swallowing other animals while still alive !
the plains hognose snake ( h . nasicus ) , have a sandy ground color more of less uniformly , patterned with brown dorsolateral spots and their ventral scales are heavily pigmented with black spots ( tennant , 2003 ) .
young , r . a . 1992 . effects of duvernoy ' s gland secretions from the eastern hognose snake , heterodon platyrhinos , on smooth muscle and neuromuscular junction . toxicon 30 ( 7 ) : 775 - 779 .
it feeds mainly on spadefoot , southern , and oak toads . however , occasionally it may eat other frogs , lizards , and small rodents .
moore , j . e . 1953 . the hog - nosed snake in alberta . herpetologica 9 : 173 .
water - clean water must be available at all times in a bowl that is heavy enough that the snake will not constantly tip it over . with hognose snakes , particularly the western species , it is important to keep the cage dry . humidity is thought to possibly cause respiratory infections in hognose snakes , an illness that is often fatal .
southern hog - nosed snakes are oviparous and do not care for their eggs or hatchlings . once the eggs are deposited in shallow burrows , the parental investment stops . southern hog - nosed snakes have not been seen to return to the young or invest in the young once the eggs are laid .
, extends from southern canada to northern mexico . its range is bordered to the west by colorado and wyoming , and in the east by illinois .
goldberg , s . r . 2004a . reproduction in the western hognose snake , heterodon nasicus ( serpentes : colubridae ) from the southwestern part of its range . texas journal of science 56 ( 3 ) : 267 - 273 .
leavesley , l . k . 1987 . natural history and thermal relations of the western hognose snake ( heterodon nasicus ) in southwestern manitoba . m . s . thesis . university of manitoba , winnipeg , manitoba . 160 pp .
virtually nothing will persuade them to move until the threat is gone , the snake ' s body will be limp and lifeless if picked up . after a few minutes if it perceives no threat , the snake quickly slithers away .
smith , w . and c . wershler . 1989 . pilot project on the study of the western hognose snake in alberta . paper for alberta forestry , lands and wildlife by sweetgrass consultants ltd . , calgary , ab . 17pp .
one cannot help but to have a feeling of enlightenment while in the presence of an eastern hognose snake and though many adore them , there are those that fear them and find them to be the epitome of all that is evil .
like other hognose snake species , they get their common name from their
hog - like
appearance due to a modified and strongly upturned rostral scale present in their snout . this particular adaptation also makes them snakes very good burrowers .
southern hognose snakes are found in northern florida as far south as lake okeechobee . their preferred habitats include areas such as sand - hills , scrub , high pine and turkey oak hard - woods , hard - wood hammocks , meadows , dry river floodplains and cultivated fields .
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, 1998 ; beane , et al . , 2010 ; beane , et al . , 2014 ; behler and king , 1979 ; conant and collins , 1998 ; edgren , 1955 ; gibbons and dorcas , 2005 ; jensen , 2008 ; jenson , 2004 ; oliver , 1955 )
webb , r . g . and c . m . eckerman . 1998 . neotype and type locality of the western hognose snake , heterodon nasicus ( serpentes : colubridae ) . texas journal of science 50 ( 2 ) : 99 - 106 .
eastern hognose snakes first mate when they are around two years old . they mate in the spring . the female lays 15 - 25 eggs in a depression in sandy soil or under a rock or log . the eggs incubate in 1 - 2 months . in the winter , eastern hognose snakes will dig a burrow to hibernate in or use an abandoned fox , skunk , or woodchuck den . predators of the eastern hognose snake include owls , hawks , skunks , opossums , and other snakes ,
enge , k . , k . wood . 2002 . a pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in florida .
painter , c . w . , b . r . tomberlin , and j . p . brastad . 1996 . serpentes : heterodon nasicus kennerlyi ( mexican hognose snake ) : maximum size . herpetological review 27 ( 4 ) : 203 - 204 .
suggests that the age of sexual maturity for southern hog - nosed snakes ranges from 2 - 3 years and that generation length is estimated from 5 - 10 years . it ' s likely that growth is indeterminate , as it the case for most reptiles . however , no literature has confirmed this for southern hog - nosed snakes .
- found in all of texas excluding the panhandle , trans - pecos texas and the extreme southern rio grande valley , eastern oklahoma , southeastern missouri and southeastern kansas .
when threatened , they usually behave similarly to eastern hognose snakes , but may be more reluctant to put on such a show .
wright , j . 1998 . status of the plains hognose snake ( heterodon nasicus nasicus ) in alberta . alberta environmental protection , fisheries & wildlife management divison , and alberta conservation association , wildlife status report no . 15 , edmonton , ab . 26pp .
southern hog - nosed snakes have diets consisting of toads , lizards , frogs , and small vertebrates . toads are the most common prey and include eastern spadefoot toads ( scaphiopus holbrookii ) and southern toads ( anaxyrus terrestris or anaxyrus terrestris ) . members of the genus ( lithobates ) , barking tree frogs ( hyla gratiosa ) , and ornate chorus frogs ( pseudacris ornata ) are frogs that southern hog - nosed snakes consume . lizards eaten by these snakes include six - lined racerunners ( cnemidophorus sexlineatus ) and ground skinks ( scincella lateralis ) . although extremely uncommon , rough stinkbugs ( brochymena arborea ) have been found in the stomach of few captured southern hog - nosed snakes .
range : uncommon to rare , but occasionally found throughout northern florida south to lake okeechobee . outside of florida , it is found from southern mississippi east to north carolina .
, have a maximum longevity of 9 . 1 years . the assumed generation time of the southern hog - nosed snakes is 5 years . annual mortality rates are unknown .
wilkie , b . 1996 . force feeding snakes . my experience with rat snakes and western hognose snakes . rephiberary 221 : 10 .
weinstein , s . a . and keyler , d . e . ( 2009 ) local envenoming by the western hognose snake ( heterodon nasicus ) : a case report and review of medically signiﬁcant heterodon bites . toxicon , 54 ( 3 ) : 354 - 360 .
tuberville , t . d . , j . r . bodie , j . b . jensen , l . laclaire , and j . w . gibbons . 2000 . apparent decline of the southern hog - nosed snake , heterodon simus . journal of the elisa mitchell scientific society 116 : 19 - 40 .
at birth , the western hognose hatchlings are fully developed and around 5 to 9 inches ( 13–23 cm ) in total length . they reach sexual maturity at approximately 2 years of age , although the size is more important and not so much the snake ' s age .
sexton , o . j . 1979 . remarks on defensive behavior of hognose snakes , heterodon . herpetological review 10 : 86 - 87 .
some of the western hognose predators include fox , coyotes , hawks , crows , raccoons , larger snakes and both domestic cats and dogs .
comments : adult population size is unknown but surely exceeds 100 , 000 . this snake is fairly common in many parts of its range .
has a life expectancy of around fourteen years in the wild . for the most part this is average in comparison to other snake species .
hognose snakes feed almost exclusively on toads , although they will occasionally consume other prey . they seem to be immune to poisons produced by toads , and are equipped with enlarged teeth ( called rear fangs ) in the back of their mouths that are used to puncture inflated toads so that they may be more easily swallowed . female southern hognose snakes lay 6 - 14 eggs in sandy soil or logs in the early summer . the eggs hatch in september - october .
tuberville , t . d . , bodie , j . r . , jensen , j . b . , laclaire , l . and gibbons , j . w . ( 2000 ) apparent decline of the southern hog - nosed snake , heterodon simus . journal of the elisha mitchell scientific society , 116 : 19 - 40 .
the species name platyrhinos directs to the snake ' s upturned snout . this enlarged , upturned rostral scale aids this fossorial snake not only as a tool to root out their preferred diet of amphibians from a daytime retreat beneath the earth’s surface , but also as a tool for burrowing into loose substrate .
is a relatively short , stocky snake with mildly keeled scales and may reach lengths in the neighborhood of 48 inches with most individuals being considerably smaller .
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roth , j . j . , b . j . johnson , and h . m . smith . 1989 . the western hognose snake , heterodon nasicus , west of the continental divide in colorado , and its implications . bulletin of the chicago herpetological society 24 ( 9 ) : 161 - 163 .
have declined by a considerable amount in certain regions , and as a result western hognose snakes are listed as threatened or even endangered in some of the states in which they reside . these states include iowa and illinois . numerous human developments have pushed western hognose snakes from their sandy habitat into more wooded areas , where it is ill - equipped for survival . in these states there are programs to help save these snakes ' habitats . in the southern states , such as texas and new mexico , western hognose snakes are quite common . in these areas there is no shortage of the sandy areas which are optimal for these snakes , so they are able to thrive .
blake , p . 1993 . success with odour manipulation and western hognose snakes , heterodon nasicus nasicus . herptological review 18 ( 2 ) : 60 - 61 .
rolling hills zoo , 2001 - 2002 .
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( on - line ) . western hognose . accessed march 21 , 2002 at urltoken .
ruzicka , i . 2000 . curious facts from keeping the western hog - nosed snake heterodon nasicus . akvarium terarium 43 ( 3 ) : 61 - 62 .
various people have questioned whether or not this snake is actually venomous . however , an article published by michael a . morris describes the effects that the bite of
the presence of the upturned snout in the southern hog - nosed snakes allows the species to dig up their prey . their large posterior maxillary teeth puncture the prey ; this is specifically important for the southern hog - nosed snakes due to the prey ( many toads and frogs ) inflating themselves when attacked . the act of puncturing the prey deflates the toads or frogs and makes the animal easier for the snakes to swallow .
) brought to the snakes habitat around the 1980s ( bean et al . 2014 ) . the introduction of these ants to southern hog - nosed snakes ' ecosystem has greatly affected their young survival and overall population .
this care sheet is by no means intended as a comprehensive guide to hognose snakes . for further information , read as much as you can about these beautiful reptiles .
some communication occurs with other species . this communication involves visual signals , noises , and sometimes tactile cues . when western hognose snakes encounter a potential predator , they will at first hiss , and flatten their heads and necks to make themselves appear larger . if this fails to ward off the predator , the snake may strike - - although it does not bite , apparently , this movement is threatening . if this fails , the snake will feign death in hopes that the predator will lose interest .
an ideal pet snake , because it is extremely docile and rarely bites . once handled by humans enough , the snakes are calm and there is little or no danger of them biting . this snake has an extremely mild venom , and so does not pose a health risk to humans even if a human manages to get bitten .
are strict amphibian feeders . although in the wild , eastern hognose snakes are often encountered while swallowing the toads with which they frequently feed upon , captive keepers have learned that the diet of this snake is actually quite diverse . even the juveniles are opportunists , taking insects as well as lizards and possibly other reptiles in addition to amphibians .
hunziker , r . 1990 . the best defense : an introduction to hognose snakes . tropical fish hobbyist 39 ( 4 ) : 106 - 108 , 110 - 115 .
has two main anti - predator adaptations , both of whihc are behavioral . the first line of defense for this snake is to make itself appear larger by making its head and neck flatter . this flattening is accompanied by extremely loud hissing and blowing , whihc apparently makes the individual seem enraged and dangerous . if this defense fails to ward off a predator , the snake will shift into phase two of its defense . this begins with the snake spasming uncontrollably , and then rolling over on its back , lying motionless . western hognose snakes will feign death in order to make a predator lose interest . when an indivudual perceives an absence of danger , it will resume its activities .
snakes as well as northern black racers and southern alligator lizards seem to be mite magnets ! be diligent in your cleanliness and make daily inspections so that if a problem begins it can be kept within the boundaries of control .
kugelberg , a . 1991 . western hognosed snake , heterodon n . nasicus . newsletter of the australian society of herpetologists incorporated 34 ( 7 ) : 147 - 149 .
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species profile : southern hognose snake ( heterodon sinus ) on military installations in southeastern united states
, 1998 ; beane , et al . , 2010 ; beane , et al . , 2014 ; behler and king , 1979 ; blair , et al . , 1957 ; conant and collins , 1998 ; gibbons and dorcas , 2005 ; gibbons and semlitsch , 1991 ; holman , 2000 ; jensen , 2008 ; jenson , 2004 ; palmer and braswell , 1995 ; richardson , 2003 ; tuberville , et al . , 2000 ; wright and wright , 1957 )
the presence of an upturned snout that is spade - like and keeled , in combination with keeled dorsal scales , a dark - patterned belly , a divided anal scale , and the absence of tail rattles and facial pit , distinguishes the western hog - nosed snake from all other snakes native to montana . the color pattern is described as similar to both the gophersnake and the prairie rattlesnake , but neither of these , nor any other snake in montana , has an upturned nose like the western hog - nosed snake .
kroll , j . c . 1977 . self - wounding while death feigning by western hognose snakes ( heterodon nasicus ) . copeia 1977 ( 2 ) : 372 - 373 .
this snake is endemic to the southeast of the united states . it occurs on the coastal plain from eastern north carolina to southern florida ( lake okeechobee ) , west to southeastern mississippi ( conant and collins 1991 , palmer and braswell 1995 , tennant 1997 , ernst and ernst 2003 ) . it is now very rare ( or possibly extirpated ) in the western part of the range in mississippi and alabama .
brant , r . 1993 . a failed attempt to breed the western hog - nose snake , heterodon nasicus nasicus . herptological review 18 ( 2 ) : 62 - 64 .
southern hog - nosed snakes are not venomous and will rarely ever bite , even when provoked . the main purpose for their sharp posterior fangs are to ensure capture of prey and to deflate any toads that may inflate themselves when consumed .
cooper , w . , s . secor . 2007 . strong response to anuran chemical cues by an extreme dietary specialist , the eastern hog - nosed snake ( heterodon platirhinos ) .
burghardt , g . m . and h . w . greene . 1988 . predator simulation and duration of death feigning in neonate hognose snakes . animal behaviour 36 : 1842 - 1843 .
although they are considered a non - venomous snake , these snakes do possesses a potentially irritating saliva that in the extremely rare case of a bite may cause local itching and slight swelling .
smith , h . m . and f . n . white . 1955 . adrenal enlargement and its significance in the hognose snakes . ( heterodon ) . herpetologica 11 : 137 - 144 .
enge , k . m . , and k . n . wood . 2002 . a pedestrian road survey of an upland snake community in florida . southeastern naturalist 1 : 365 - 380 .
had on him . he experienced swelling and tenderness of the bitten are for two days , and came to the conclusion that the snake does have venom with hemotoxic effects ( morris 1985 ) .
there is also the importance of cleanliness . eastern hognose snakes should always have a fresh , shallow water container readily available to them and should never be handled in the event that you are ill .
burbrink , f . t . , phillips , c . a . and heske , e . j . ( 1998 ) a riparian zone in southern illinois as a potential dispersal corridor for reptiles and amphibians . biological conservation , 86 : 107 - 115 .
southern hog - nosed snakes are not venomous , yet some humans believe them to be and will kill them on contact . they rarely ever bite humans . if they do , it is not a common behavior . there are no known negative economic effects of
will feign death when this bluffing behavior fails to ward off an enemy . in this case , the snake turns belly up . this behavior is apparently induced by parasympathetic arousal or adrenal medullary function .
[ vtnwi ] vtn wyoming incorporated . no date . second year ' s analysis of terrestrial wildlife on proposed mine access and railroad routes in southern montana and northern wyoming , march 1979 - february 1980 . vtn wyoming incorporated . sheridan , wy . 62 p .
platt , d . r . 1969 . natural history of the hognose snakes heterodon platyrhinos and heterodon nasicus . museum of natural history . university of kansas publications 18 ( 4 ) : 253 - 420 .
as soon as young western hognose snakes hatch they are fully developed , but just smaller in size at about 14 to 18 centimeters . within hours the young are fully capable of actively searching out prey .
eastern hognose snakes are occasionally available in the exotic pet trade , but due to their specific dietary requirements , they are not as readily available as other species . generally , they refuse feeder rodents unless they are scented with amphibians . in canada , eastern hognose snakes are considered to be a species - at - risk ( cosewic designation : threatened ) , and consequently capture or harassment of these animals , including their captive trade , is illegal .
full spectrum light is always beneficial , if not for the physical health benefits , then for the psychological benefits to the snake . full spectrum lighting also improves the appearance of the captive environment by enhancing overall natural colors .
kroll , j . c . 1973 . comparative physiological ecology of eastern and western hognose snakes ( heterodon platyrhinos and h . nasicus ) . ph . d . thesis , texas a & m ; university 261p . 1973 .
plummer , m . v . and n . e . mills . 2000 . spatial ecology and survivorship of resident and translocated hognose snakes ( heterodon platirhinos ) . journal of herpetology 34 ( 4 ) : 565 - 575 .
eastern hog - nosed snakes are native only to the nearctic . they are found throughout the united states east of the rocky mountains and into southern canada . they are absent from some areas in the great lakes region , such as the areas south of lakes ontario and erie and eastern wisconsin .
kolbe , j . j . 1999 . size and demographic structure of an isolated population of western hognose snakes , heterodon nasicus , in northwestern illinois . bulletin of the chicago herpetological society 34 ( 6 ) : 149 - 152 .
the western hognose mating season occurs between june and august but they have been observed in copulating as early as the months of february and march . females release a chemical which is picked up by males actively searching for receptive females .
hiding - hognose snakes need a hiding spot to feel secure , which also replicates their natural behavior in the wild . a hiding spot can be fashioned from almost anything - plastic or rock caves purchased commercially , or small boxes with a hole cut out for access . the hiding place should be just large enough to allow the snake to fit in - remember , snakes are never claustrophobic , in fact they like being wedged into small snug places . ideally , your cage would have two hide spots , one on the heated portion and one on the unheated side . this way , the snake does not have to choose between their natural inclination to hide and the need to thermoregulate .
southern hog - nosed snakes are fossorial . the burrow depth ranges from 0 . 20 - 0 . 46 m below the surface of the ground . if the snakes do not burrow down into the ground as is most common , they still resort to shelter under piles of brush or in bushes .
the western hognose does have somewhat of resemblance to a rattlesnake , particularly a juvenile rattlesnake , and often is mistaken for one . so they are very often killed by people out of fear , thinking they are venomous and dangerous snakes .
the geographic range is southern canada throughout central u . s . a . and to eastern mexico . their food in the wild is mainly toads , small rodents , nestling birds , lizards , and amphibians . their habitat is usually prairies , abandoned farmland , sparsely wooded flood plains , or sandy soil .
potential predators of southern hog - nosed snakes include common kingsnakes ( lampropeltis getula ) , eastern indigo snakes ( drymarchon couperi ) , red - tailed hawks ( buteo jamaicensis ) , and other various carnivorous mammals and birds . eggs and hatchlings specifically have seen predation by red imported fire ants ( solenopsis invicta ) .
tuberville et al . ( 2000 ) showed that southern hog - nosed snakes have declined over the past few decades . the main reason for this decline is loss of natural habitat . habitats for the snakes have been disrupted by logging , agriculture , housing , pine plantations , and fire exclusion . longleaf pine (
is certainly bound to be the highlight of any snake hunters’ day . in his brilliant piece of work “this broken archipelago , ” author skip lazell jr . , states “hognose snakes on cape cod are scarce enough to make finding one an exciting event , but common enough so it is likely a good hunter will get one with patience . ” ( james d . lazell , jr . 1976 ) this statement couldn’t be any closer to the truth ! the difficulty in finding the
a word should be mentioned on the subject of venom . the hognose snakes are classified as opisthoglyphs , which is to say that they are rear fanged and are grouped together with the harmless lyre snakes trimorphodon and night snakes hypsiglena as well as other presumably harmless rear fanged species . the hognose possess a duvernoys gland which is located in the upper jaw . the duvernoys gland is an adaptation which in many species of rear fanged snakes produce powerful proteins which aid in the digestion process .
) have an extremely keen and specific sense of smell and ability to pick up chemical signals from prey by flicking their tongue . it is believed that the chemosensory qualities in southern hog - nosed snakes are most closely related to those of the eastern hog - nosed snakes due to their genetic similarities in body structure and similarities of prey choice . the tongue is flicked and picks up vomodors , or chemical signals , from nearby prey . those signals enter the mouth via the tongue and are received by the vomeronasal organ . in eastern hog - nosed snakes , the speed and number of tongue flicks increases greatly when southern toads (
) , for which southern hog - nosed snakes are often misjudged . keeled scales of the snakes are lined in rows of either 23 or 25 along the body . the keeled scales give the snakes a rough textured body . the anal plate is divided , and the ventral scales are the same width as their body .
nests of southern hog - nosed snakes have been reported 10 - 15cm below the surface . females are responsible for this preparation of the nests as seen in captive environments . in captivity , females were observed making u - shaped burrows and took about 3 . 5 hours to complete the nests ( edgren , 1955 ) .
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to be highly susceptible to respiratory infections . oddly , in my experience i have found these infections to manifest themselves quite unobtrusively . it is often too late when you discover the snake is actually sick . rarely have i seen nasal discharge from an eastern
anti - predator behaviors displayed by southern hog - nosed snakes include body puffing and death feigning . in the former behavior snakes will flatten their heads creating a hood and puff up their body to try and scare away predators . their latter anti - predator behavior is seen when the snakes roll on their dorsal side and play dead .
when they aren ' t active these snakes spend most of their time in existing or self - made burrows . western hognose snakes are primarily diurnal . they brumate every year from september to march , only becoming active at the beginning of the mating season .
breeding most commonly occurs once a year but has been reported less commonly twice a year . copulation in southern hog - nosed snakes most commonly occurs from mid may to early june , but mating has been observed less frequently in the fall between september and october . in late - season mating instances , it’s unknown if there is delayed fertilization .
) ecosystems have been altered by the restriction of prescribed fire and have contributed to their decline . southern hog - nosed snakes rely heavily on the ecosystem of longleaf pines and their decline has been directly correlated to the decline of those forests . another area of decline for the snakes is through the attack of the invasive red imported fire ant (
although it ' s typically a docile snake if threatened or even perceiving a threat it will spread its jaws and flatten its neck giving it a hooded appearance in a cobra like fashion . if harassed it will hiss and make mock strikes with a closed mouth .
the western hognose also adapted to live in human modified areas including extensive agriculture and semi agricultural areas not intensively cultivated and in the margins of irrigation ditches . they are found at elevations ranging from near sea level to around 8 , 000 feet ( 2400 m ) .
it is a highly adaptable snake and can be found in a variety of habitat in coniferous and deciduous forest , including forest which abuts salt marsh and fresh water swamps . eastern hognose snakes are frequently found in the rocky outcrops of higher elevations , they can be found from sea level to 2 , 500 ( behler and king ) and along open stretches of sandy soil and beach . the author lives on cape cod in massachusetts where the species is relatively common in the pine barrens which make up much of the natural landscape there .
daghfous , g . , m . smargiassi , p . libourel , r . wattiez , v . bels . 2012 . the function of oscillatory tongue - flicks in snakes : insights from kinematics of tongue - flicking in the banded water snake ( nerodia fasciata ) .
the body color of southern hog - nosed snakes is consistently light brown , grey , and tan with dark brown spots ( also referred to as blotches ) alternating along the dorsal side of the body , larger spots along the top and smaller spots along the sides . the spots do not take up the whole width of the their bodies , but give a patterned mosaic look . the ventral side of southern hog - nosed snakes is solid grey to tan color , and is not distinctly different from the lighter colors on the dorsal side . oftentimes an orange , yellow , or red line will continue down the dorsal side , setting them apart from all other members of the genus . eastern hog - nosed snakes
as a defense mechanism , the eastern hognose snake will sometimes put on an elaborate display when disturbed . in an effort so dramatic it will flatten its head and upper third of its body , and appearing to be larger than life , it will hiss and aggressively strike outward ( most often with mouth closed ) , poking at intruders with a rigid , upturned snout . if it has not scared you away with this formidable display , it quickly takes on a more submissive persona and in a graceful , almost artistic display , it will often feign death .


roman hackle ( foaled 1933 ) was a british thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1940 cheltenham gold cup .

after winning several races over hurdles he was switched to steeplechasing in 1939 and made an immediate impact by winning the broadway novices ' chase .

in the following year he won the gold cup as a seven-year-old but did not build on his early promise .

in two subsequent bids for the gold cup he ran poorly when favourite in 1941 and fell in 1942 .

his british career ended when national hunt racing in britain was suspended in september 1942 but he went on to win races in ireland .

roman hackle

we have found 55 property sales in roman hackle avenue since the beginning of 1995 .
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roman hackle avenue in cheltenham is in the south west region of england . the postcode is within the swindon village ward / electoral division , which is in the constituency of tewkesbury . this page combines information for the address roman hackle avenue , cheltenham , gl50 4rf ,
listed here are the 10 closest hospitals to roman hackle avenue , cheltenham , gl50 4rf . the nearest is honeybourne , approximately 0 . 6 miles away .
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owen anthony , who trained golden miller from the old manor house to win the fifth of his gold cups in 1936 and also roman hackle to take chasing’s blue riband in 1940 , is buried here .
golden miller’s owner , dorothy paget , has been the most successful owner in the race with an amazing seven victories , with roman hackle ( 1940 ) and mont tremblant ( 1952 ) adding to golden miller’s five wins .
the average price for property in roman hackle avenue stood at £208 , 660 in july 2018 . this is a fall of 0 . 45 % in the last three months ( since april 2018 ) and fall of 4 . 05 % since 12 months ago . in terms of property types , flats in roman hackle avenue sold for an average of £247 , 761 and terraced houses for £210 , 827 . this is according to the current zoopla estimates .
roman hackle avenue , cheltenham , gl50 4rf is within the swindon village and wymans brook policing neighbourhood , under the gloucestershire constabulary force area . for non - urgent queries , contact 101 . for emergency assistance , please contact 999 .
listed here are the 10 closest dentists to roman hackle avenue , cheltenham , gl50 4rf . the nearest is hilltop dental practice , approximately 430 yards away . please consult the nhs choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new nhs patients .
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the song title is not
the right man
, it ' s called
hackle you
, but yes it ' s by frisco kid . ( thanks to favela chic , brooklyn , ny ) add more info
following the suspension of national hunt racing in britain , many leading british chasers including roman hackle and medoc ii were relocated to ireland . prince regent however , maintained his position as the best jumper in the country , winning several major races and finishing second under top weight in the irish grand nationals of 1943 and 1944 . plans to send the horse to race in england in the spring of 1945 were abandoned when he developed a warble on his back .
the song is called
top shooter
with sean paul and mr . vegas . . . and it is on the cd . the hook is
here comes the boom .
( thanks to roman , roanoke , va ) add more info
golden miller won the gold cup for five consecutive years between 1932 and 1936 and also won the 1934 grand national . he was owned by the highly eccentric dorothy paget a self declared man hater and one of the most difficult owners any trainer served . her very rich family was steeped in thoroughbred racehorse ownership and she owned her own stables in ireland as well as a stud breeding farm . she in fact owned two other gold cup winners , roman hackle who won in 1940 and mont tremblant who took the honors in 1952 .
i made this cover from a photo of a spoils pile at the roman fort in corbridge , which is ( sorry ) in england . the smaller image is the famous statue of robert the bruce on the battlefield at bannockburn , and the background is still campbell tartan .
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embroidery linen : produced in many weights in plain weave and finished in white , cream or colour . until recently it was a ruling in the roman catholic church that only pure linen could be used for altar cloths and vestments . embroidery was done on linen as an irish cottage industry , and also in madeira , cyprus and other countries .
its purely british ancestry makes the dorking one of the oldest of domesticated fowls in lineage . a roman writer , who died in ad 47 , described birds of dorking type with five toes , and no doubt such birds were found in england by the romans under julius caesar . by judicious crossings , and by careful selection , the darking or dorking breed was established .
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the kelmscott press was founded in hammersmith in 1891 by william morris in close association with emery walker . fifty - three books were printed by this press , the last in 1898 ; these books had a great influence and gave impetus to a revival of good book production . this volume is printed in golden type , which was designed by morris , based on the roman types used by jacobus rubeus and nicolas jenson in venice in 1476 .
as is common with any rumpless breed , the parson’s nose or ` caudal appendage’ ( uropygium ) is missing . foreign breeds such as barbu d’anvers has a rumpless version called barbu du grubbe . the barbu d’uccle has the barbu d’everberg as its rumpless version and , even in japan , there is a rumpless yokohama , funny though it may sound , with its long saddle hackle making it feasible . a genetic accident with old english game many years ago probably created our own rumpless game . the breed , though popular in the bantam form is not often seen in large fowl .
charles a . hepburn , who died on 16 july 1971 , at the age of eighty , was one of a long line of mercantile philanthropists whose benefactions have enriched glasgow and its university . after the first world war , he was joint founder , with the late herbert ross , of the firm of whisky blenders whose red hackle product is now marketed throughout the world . the firm ' s prosperity enabled charles hepburn to become a collector and patron of the arts . he formed an impressive private collection of paintings , paying particular attention to the works of ramsay , raeburn and munnings . nor did he by any means restrict himself to paintings ; his collecting interests extended to period furniture , oriental carpets , scottish arms and armour , porcelain , and printed books and manuscripts .
royal mail ( 1929 ) was my prince ' s third son to win the grand national , a few months before my prince ' s death , in 1937 , and the year after reynoldstown ' s second victory in that race . bred by charles rogers of ratoath , co . meath , he was out of the half - bred flying may , by flying hackle ( by hackler ) ; flying may ' s dam , little may ii , by ascetic , was a winner of eight steeplechases , including the drogheda plate and the irish international steeplechase . the female line was thoroughbred , and in the general stud book ( family 1 - g ) , until wood sorrel , by springfield , produced sister may ( a winner on the flat ) to the great half - bred stallion mayboy ( hb family 1 ) . little may ii was one of many good jumpers produced by sister may . royal mail ' s pedigree was loaded with top steeplechase sires .
the mtdna haplotype identified in 12 contemporary descendants of woodbine is similar to that found in other branches of family 8 but may represent a separate founder and relatively recent error in the stud book record . see equine genetic genealogy .
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is used , analogous to what traditionally was called the head of the household . only household reference persons between the ages of 16 - 64 are included .
across the uk as a whole , the gender split is roughly equal at 49 % male , 51 % female . this address in tewkesbury constituency is broadly in line with those figures , with 51 % male .
across the uk as a whole , the median age is 39 . in general , inner city areas show high concentrations of people aged 18 - 30 , suburbs show larger numbers of small children and adults aged 30 - 50 , and rural and small towns are more popular with older workers and retirees . many poorer areas lack a majority age group , which is due in part to the people in that area being constrained by circumstance rather than being able to choose where to retire , raise a family or grow up .
the postcode gl50 4rf does not show a significant deviation from the average figures for the uk . in the uk as a whole , the average figures are approximately as follows for relationship statuses : 34 % single , 47 % married , 3 % separated , 9 % divorced , 7 % widowed , and 0 . 2 % same sex .
figures for relationship status do not include those aged under 16 , or those family members aged 16 - 18 who are in full - time education .
health in the uk is strongly tied to age as you would expect , but the affluence of a neighbourhood also has strong influence , with deprived areas often showing poorer standards of health .
overall , the uk considers itself to be healthy - 81 . 1 % of residents rated their health as very good or good . the full breakdown is as follows for the united kingdom : 47 . 1 % very good , 34 % good , 13 . 3 % fair , 4 . 3 % bad and 1 . 3 % very bad .
at the time of the 2011 census , across the uk 22 . 9 % of residents had no qualification , 13 . 2 % had 1 - 4 gcses , 15 . 2 % had 5 + gcses and 1 - 2 a / as - levels , 12 . 3 % had 2 + a - levels , 27 . 1 % had a degree ( or similar ) , and 3 . 6 % had an apprenticeship .
the qualification levels are based on current qualification names . the former ordinary levels ( o - levels ) and cses will be included in the gcse figures , and higher school certificates ( hscs ) will be counted as a levels .
as whole , the uk population claims itself as approximately 86 % white , with this area being 93 % white .
as a country with a diverse population , the uk is home to other sizable ethnic groups , with mixed ethnicity ( 2 . 1 % ) , indian ( 2 . 4 % ) and pakistani ( 1 . 9 % ) being the largest groups reported .
there is considerable division of ethnicities within the uk , with ethnically diverse addresses uncommon outside of urban areas .
at the time of the 2011 census , approximately 83 . 5 % of the resident population of england were born in england . the other groups were 1 % welsh , 1 . 35 % scottish , 0 . 4 % northern irish , 0 . 75 % from the republic of ireland , 3 . 75 % from other european union countries , and 9 . 4 % from outside of europe , with the remainder not stated .
note that an individual may hold one or more passports . the data may include people living in adjacent addresses to gl50 4rf
england and wales are primarily christian countries , with 59 . 3 % of residents christian . however , a sizeable portion of the population ( 25 . 1 % ) claim to have no religion . some 4 . 8 % identify themselves as muslim , 1 . 5 % hindu , 0 . 4 % buddhist , 0 . 5 % jewish , 0 . 8 % sikh , and 0 . 4 % as other religions , while the remaining 7 . 2 % did not state their religious views .
this address within the swindon village ward had a larger than average concentration of residents that were in part - time employment - 18 % of the resident population . on average , around 13 . 7 % of census respondents were in part - time employment . there was a large disparity between employment types of male and female residents - almost four times as many women were part - time employees when compared to men .
figures for economic activity do not include those aged under 16 , or those family members aged 16 - 18 who are in full - time education . this data is therefore based on 42 . 4 million of the united kingdom ' s 57 . 8 million residents . the data was correct as of the 2011 census , which was a period of depressed economic activity .
this data is based on resident aged 16 - 74 on census day 2011 , who were in employment .
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this column last week looked at the past , present and potential future of ballymacoll stud in ireland . we noted that the stud came under its current ownership consequent to its purchase by sir michael sobell from the honourable dorothy paget in 1960 . the achievements of sir michael sobell and his son - in - law lord weinstock in both commerce and racing are legendary . on the turf they enjoyed massive success as owns and breeders ; while they ranked as two of britain’s commercial titans of the 20th century , building up one of the great british success stories , the general electrical company .
dorothy paget’s background was very different as she inherited her fortune rather than made it . however , she too ranks as a colossus of the turf who ought never to be forgotten . on that basis , it makes sense to treat ourselves to a brief overview of her life , to complete the picture of ballymacoll’s background . miss paget , daughter of lord queenborough , was already a hugely successful owner and breeder by the time that she bought ballymacoll stud in 1946 . three years previously she had landed the greatest prize of all with a homebred , her solario colt straight deal taking the new derby ( the derby , run during the war on newmarket’s july course ) .
bred by miss paget at elsenham stud on the hertfordshire / essex border near bishop’s stortford , straight deal was trained by walter nightingall in epsom . gordon ( subsequently sir gordon ) richards was always miss paget’s favourite jockey , but he was committed to riding nasrullah ( behind whom straight deal had finished second in the coventry stakes the previous summer ) for hh aga khan iii in the race . the mount on the 100 / 7 chance straight deal therefore went to former hawthorn hill pony racing champion tommy carey . finishing strongly after having been ridden more patiently than in the 2000 guineas ( in which he had finished sixth ) , straight deal led close home to beat the aga khan’s pair umiddad and nasrullah . that victory enabled miss paget to surpass the achievement of her grandfather william c whitney .
he had become the first american to own a derby winner when volodyovski ( whom he had not bred ) took the prize in 1901 . that triumph had represented a particular landmark for the transatlantic challengers because volodyovski was trained at heath house in newmarket by one american ( james huggins ) and was ridden by another ( lester reiff ) . had straight deal been racing a few years later , it is highly possible that he would have gone on to spend his stud career at ballymacoll . however , miss paget did not yet own the property in 1944 when straight deal began his second career , which he spent at another of her properties , benham stud near newbury .
he enjoyed a successful stud career which yielded three yorkshire oaks winners as well as the 1950 doncaster cup winner aldborough ( who was trained for miss paget by fulke walwyn ) and the 1958 irish st leger winner royal highway , who subsequently became a good national hunt sire . ( an interesting aspect of aldborough’s victory was that he was ridden for miss paget who , of course , owned ballymacoll stud at the time , by doug smith , fatherin - law of ballymacoll’s current manager peter reynolds ) . notwithstanding the successes of straight deal , aldborough and numerous other good flat horses who bore her blue and yellow silks , miss paget will always be remembered primarily for her jumpers , and particularly for her ownership of one of the greatest steeplechasers in history , golden miller .
however , that mighty horse was far from her only champion under national hunt rules . golden miller ( who lived out his retirement at elsenham stud , where he is buried ) established a record which will almost certainly never be matched . not only is he the only horse to have won five consecutive cheltenham gold cups ( with his nearest challenger in this respect being arkle , who won the race three times , 1964 to ’66 inclusive ) but he also ranks as the only horse to win the cheltenham gold cup and the grand national in the same spring , which he did in 1934 , the year in which he landed his third gold cup .
miss paget’s many victories both on the flat and under national hunt rules , however , tell only half the tale . while she was notably successful on the turf in the years before , during and after the second world war , she was even more conspicuous for what could kindly be called her eccentricity . the tone of her life was set in her youth . her mother died when she was aged only 10 , leaving her fabulously rich but dangerously ill disciplined . within the next few years , she was expelled from six different schools , starting off with heathfield .
in adult life , miss paget went on to take frank sinatra’s mantra that ‘i did it my way’ to extremes . she was nocturnal . other than on days when she disrupted her routine to go to the races , she generally slept all day before waking early in the evening and having a huge breakfast at 8 . 30 pm . she would then keep herself busy through the night , generally telephoning her trainers shortly after midnight , before having dinner at 7 . 00 am and retiring to bed soon afterwards . she ate vast amounts ( she weighed 20 stone when she died , aged 54 , of a heart attack in 1960 ) and smoked 100 cigarettes a day . she disliked all men , irrespective of their class ; and all members of the lower classes , irrespective of their gender . she addressed her servants by neither name nor number , but by colour ( each having to wear a uniform of a different hue so that she could tell them apart ) . her gardeners had a particularly difficult job as they had to mow the lawn in the dark because she forbade them from using the lawnmower during the daytime while she was asleep .
she must have been a nightmare to train for , as is suggested by the fact that basil briscoe , having prepared golden miller to win four gold cups , had been relieved of his responsibilities by the time that the horse lined up for the race for the fifth time ( under the care of owen anthony ) . fulke walwyn and sir gordon richards ( to whom she sent horses when he started training subsequent to his retirement from the saddle in 1953 ) were rarities in being able to cope with her , even if the former found it heavy going at times . on one occasion she had a runner in each of the six races at folkestone . five of them won , with only one , trained by walwyn , being beaten . rather than celebrate her five timer , she ended the afternoon by shouting at her trainer through an open doorway ( they were in adjacent rooms as she preferred not to be in the same room as a man ) , berating him about the solitary defeat .
the tirade reportedly ended when she exhorted one of her female companions to ‘go in there and kick him in the b ^ & * s’ ! miss paget was a fearless punter , betting daily in sums which would be huge even nowadays . her biggest bet , apparently , was £160 , 000 ( which equates to about £4 million in today’s terms ) on an odds - on favourite ( who won ) . overall , though , she lost millions , while retaining her integrity throughout , as is made clear by the fact that when she used to telephone through her bets to her bookmaker in the early hours of the morning , the wagers were never refused irrespective of whether or not the race had already been run , her word that she did not know the result being good enough . we are always told that racing has lost all its old characters .
there is a certain amount of truth in that , although it is probably fair to say that ‘characterfulness’ is often easier to discern in retrospect than at the time . however , the hon dorothy paget was one character who was clearly identifiable as such in her own lifetime . she played a massive part in the history of the british turf during the 20th century , a part too big ever to be forgotten . spending a few minutes recalling her life is straight deal surely time well spent .
to start with , the flax plant , linum usitatissimum being the latin name , is a bast vegetable or hard fibre in the same class as jute , hemp , sisal , coir or ramie .
flax is grown in northern europe in such countries as france , belgium , the netherlands and italy . it was also grown in ireland from time immemorial when linen cloth and wool cloth were in the earlier days the only form of woven cloth available for apparel . cotton only became available with the opening up of the americas . in ireland flax was grown by the farmer as a regular crop , particularly in the counties of down and antrim , where scottish settlers brought over with them more efficient methods of growing and processing flax .
it is not generally known that during the second world war large acreages of flax were grown in co . cork and co . kerry , which also included retting and scutching . the milder climate in the extreme south of ireland was of great assistance . these enterprises were set up by linen industry businessmen from the north with close support from the northern ireland government and that of the free state . the resultant flax fibre spun in n . ireland mills and the flax yarn woven in weaving factories in the north was of great assistance to the war effort as flax supplies were cut off by the might of nazi germany who had invaded and occupied the continental coastline from norway to the franco - spanish border .
today flax growing in ireland has practically ceased . what flax spinning remains ( for instance herdmans ltd . of sion mills , co . tyrone ) would draw its flax from northern europe with courtrai in belgium the chief trading centre .
the flax plant ( linen usitatissimum ) requires a rich well - cultivated soil and reasonably temperate climate . it is sown in a similar manner to corn ( oats ) , wheat or barley , to produce a long tight - packed growth , some 2½ to 3 feet tall . the flowers form a cluster at the top ( the wee blue blossom ) usually sky blue although some new strains of flax are white . in august the flowers wither and seed balls are formed , from flax seed balls linseed oil can be extracted which has a number of uses including the base material for oil paint .
the flax seed is sown in april and the plants mature in august . it is then pulled up by the roots to obtain the maximum amount of fibre . this operation was in the past carried out by hand , a most arduous process , but the pulling is now done by machine in wide swathes as a one or two - man operation .
for the production of flax for linseed oil a shorter strain of flax is grown and is harvested by cutting above ground level with the roots left in the ground . after pulling the flax is spread on the ground and turned over several times to dry out thoroughly , the beets are then made up into
knee gaits
or
long gaits
in the field for further drying and then finally stored in well - thatched stacks , if , as in the old days , the farmer was doing his own retting in the flax dam or lint hole , the flax after pulling , and still damp , was placed in the dam and weighted down with stones . those of us who date back to the period between the two world wars will remember the pungent smell of retting flax in the latter half of august . nowadays flax is usually retted in tanks , using hot water and chemicals and in this way the process can be strictly controlled and speeded up .
the flax plant stem is made up of various layers with the bundles of fibre near the outside and woody matter on the inside , all bound together with pectin , which is a natural gummy substance , the woody matter has to be broken down and removed to release the fibre . this is done by retting , which is nothing more than rotting the woody matter . after retting and drying the flax plants are put through a machine with tightly interlocking fluted rollers to break up the wood core . scutching now follows to remove the wood or shive from the fibre , this is a beating process previously done on the scutcher ' s wheel , but now carried out on a turbine scutcher as a continuous process , part of a factory system .
flax in the past was water - retted but today on the continent vast quantities are dew - retted by spreading the flax plants in the fields after pulling and allowing the night dew to ret the flax . dew - retted flax is dark in colour and contains a lot of impurities , whereas water - retted is a light colour ( remember the saying
like a flaxen - haired german girl
) . water retting also leaches out a lot of the impurities and lightens the colour . after scutching , the flax fibre is packed in bales where it is ready for the spinner who turns the raw fibre into yarn . this is an involved process and not easily understood without actually seeing preparation and spinning carried out in the spinning mill .
there are three types of flax yarn produced in the spinning mill , viz . line - made from the good quality long - staple flax which is tight - bound with relatively little projecting fibre .
tow yarn , which is a carding machine operation , uses waste fibre from the hackling and other processes , combed tow goes through an added combing process to clean up the yarn . this type of yarn would be used for high - class fabrics such as linen suitings and artists ' linen canvas . line yarn is the equivalent of worsted and tow an open hairy yarn similar to spun wool . recognition must be given to the cottage - spun yarn of yesterday produced on a spinning wheel .
2 . irish castle spinning wheel > castle type which is comparatively rare with the wheel on top of a splayed tripod with the spindle underneath .
in both cases flax - fibre was drawn from the distaff and fed by hand into the hollow revolving spindle . it took nimble fingers and a slobbery mouth to spin fine linen yarn so the womenfolk consequently did it . two spinning terms are still used today -
spinster
to denote an unmarried woman and
distaff ' side to indicate the wife ' s or female side of a family ,
in the spinning mill the bale of flax is opened up and divided into
pieces
which amount to a good handful . they are passed by hand through a set of pins mounted on a block to roughly parallelise the fibre bundles and remove larger pieces of slime and dirt . the pieces are fed into the hackling machine , which combs out impurities and tangles in a series of continuous mechanical combing , from open pins to very closely set . the hackling machine is a monster weighing many tons . the resultant hackled pieces of flax are fine and with a dull sheen .
from pieces it now becomes necessary to form a continuous ribbon of fibre . this is done on a spreadboard with a special form of drawing frame , fitted with horizontal running , leather belts on which the pieces of flax are laid with a slight overlap to produce a continuous sliver , or ribbon , which is fed into tall narrow cans . the sliver produced on the spreadboard goes to the next process of doubling , which consists of bringing together , and superimposing several slivers to even out minor thicknesses in the resultant single sliver as an aid to improved quality . was bought and sold by the bundle . today it is sold by the weight in kilos .
the yarn from the spinner arrives at the mill either grey ( natural ) , boiled or bleached on cone , or a parallel - sided package called an avo . generally the stronger yarn is used for warp , long - wise and parallel to the selvedge and the weft , which is woven - in , from selvedge to selvedge .
following doubling , the slivers are set up on a roving frame which further draws out the slivers and puts in a twist of some two turns per inch and is then wound onto large wooden bobbins which are subsequently mounted on the top part of the spinning frame . the rover passes through a trough of hot water to soften the natural gummy pectin ; then through two sets of paired rollers which further draw out or lengthen the rove then through the eye of the flyer which inserts twist and onto the spinner ' s bobbin . the newer method of wet - spinning frame uses a ring with a traveller running in a groove . it can take a larger spinner ' s bobbin and has greater speed of production . wet spinning is used for the finer line yarns . coarser tows and line are dry - spun ; i . e . the rove does not pass through a trough of hot water .
the product from off the spinning frame is now flax yarn , which has to be dried in ovens to prevent mildew . in days gone by it was reeled into 90
hanks from the spinner ' s bobbin but today it is usually packaged onto a cross - wound cone that holds the package together without flanges . linen yarn can be boiled , bleached or dyed in cone form . formerly these processes were only carried out in hank form .
like all yarn or thread , linen was given a number to define its diameter or thickness . the numbering system in vogue in the trade was based on the number of cuts of 300 yards that weigh one pound ( 1lb ) avoirdupois . this is denominated the lea number .
warp yarn is put up with the necessary number of ends ( threads ) in a creel or bank and run onto warpers ' beams ( a steel barrel 4
to 6
diameter with round metal flanges either side , to prevent the yarn spilling over . ) the warpers ' beams are now set up in a dressing or slashing machine for sizing with a synthetic adhesive to bind down the loose surface fibre on the warp threads , which greatly facilitates the weaving process , where there is much friction on the warp .
the yarn for weft is wound from cone or avo onto weaving pirns for insertion in the shuttle . the shuttle traverses the slay in the loom through a shed ( in plain weaves 50 % up and 50 % down ) and leaves a trail of weft behind which is beaten up by a reed ( closed comb ) into the fell of the cloth ( where warp yarn joins the already woven cloth ) .
a loom has a weavers ' beam at the back and a cloth roller at the front on which the woven cloth is wound , the power - loom has a warp break detection device to stop the loom if a warp thread breaks , there is also a weft detection device to stop the loom if the weft breaks . these devices mean that a weaver can look after three or four looms . the automatic loom also changes the pirn in the shuttle without the loom stopping thus allowing a weaver to look after 8 , 10 or 12 looms . of recent years weft is inserted in shuttleless looms by arms or rapiers drawing the yarn from large cones . other forms of weft propulsion are air - jet or water - jet .