The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-02-17
DOC NOMENCLATURE.
The Ways Various Species of CANNES Got
Their Names.

The Ways Various Species of CANNES Got
Their Names.
Dog nomenclature is quite an inter-
esting subject. says the Detroit Free
Press. Take, for instance, that favor
ite canine known as the terrier a
name given the breed from its habit of
following game into burrows in the
earth, which latter in Latin is termed
terra.
BY way of quick graduations the
word was metamorphosed into terrier.
A Skye terrier is so called because the
breed was once chiefly raised on the
Island of Skye, one of the Hebrides.
The celebrated Dandy Dinmont terrier
obtained it's distinctive title from the
fact of its being depicted as the favor
ite of a character bearing that name
in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Manner
ing"
The fox hound was so named be-
cause it was originally kept as an addi-
ton to every pack of fox hounds. 1t
was always noted for being up within
few minutes of running to ground
and aiding very materially in the cap
ture of Reynard.
Bloodhounds derive their name from
the possession of peculiar power of
scenting the blood of a wounded ami
NAL, so that if once put on the trail
they will hunt the quarry through
thick and thin and seldom, if ever,
deviate from their course.
In olden times stag-hunting was q
favorite amusement of the nobility,
and the dogs used in such sport-part
greyhounds and part bloodhounds-
were given the name of staghounds.
Foxhounds. in like manner, were
trained to hunt the willy animal. from
which they gained their distinctive
appellation.
Various explanations have beer
given of the origin of the term grey
hound, some authors claiming that the
prefix grey is taken from Graius
meaning Greek; others that it signi
ties great, while still others say that il
has reference to the color of the ami
NAL. In no other breed of hounds il
the blue or gray color so prevalent
and consequently the last mentioned
derivation seems the most plausible.
Harriers are chiefly used in hunting
hares in England, while the title
beagle, applied to a breed which is al
inveterate enemy of rabbits, is prob
ably derived from the Celtic beag OF
bige, or the Welsh back, signifyins
little, they being in reality a small
species of hound.
A pointer is so called because of it
habits of stopping and pointing a
game with its nose, while the settle
gets its name from like habit, except
ing that it crouches instead of stand
ing when pointing under similar cir
} cumstances.
Dalmatian, or coach, dogs are sal
, to have been first bred in Dalmatia
but it is by the last quoted name tha
they are best known. This arise
from the fact of their being kept i
stables and are nearly always see
running after carriages.
Newfoundland dogs were original
natives of that country and Labrador
from which circumstance they receive
their title. In the same manner th
noble St. Bernards are so called frol
, the famous monastery of that name
the Alps.
That rather dangerous breed calle
Spitz or Pomeranian dogs, a variety {
EsQuimau, were first bred in POM
rania, Prussia, but the popular nam
of Spitz was probably derived frol
l. the erroneous notion that they origin
ated in Spitzbergen.
The most useful domestic pet of I'll
natives of Greenland and other arct
climes is a peculiar-looking animal
which the name of Eskimo dog h;
been given.
Spaniels, of which there are man
breeds, are supposed to have first com
= from Spain, from which circumstan(
is derived their distinctive nam
Charles |. was an ardent admirer of
g small variety of this animal, and fro
l. that arose the designation of his pc
D known the world over as the Kir
IS Charles.
BIenheim or Marlborough spaniel
4 u which greatly resemble the latter
:, u form and general appearance. g(
= their English name from Blenheil
palace in Oxfordshire, where the bree
has been preserved since the begin
!. ming of the eighteenth century.
Mastiff is the term applied to a ver
large and powerful species of the c.
nine family, and there is considerab
conflict of opinion regarding the o
n igin of the word Some claim that
> is derived from the Italian mastino
. the French mastin, both of which 81;
= Nifty large limbed. This word, the
say. was gradually corrupted I'M
NASTY, Lincolnshire expressic
meaning very large, muscular, or bi!
until it gradually assumed it's presel
form. Others again say its true o
igin is the old German mas en-. to ia
ten, because the mastiff is large dc
and so seems better fed than ar
oI- L,
ly priced by the early Romans, wi
matched them to fight in the arel
with wild animals. 1t is related tn
very often two or three mastiffs d
feated lion in such combats.
, Poodle is derived from the Germ5
pudel, puddle or pool. This dc
t was originally German and the nan
was probably given it because of beir
/. the water-dog. They are witho
doubt the most intelligent of all C
mines.
: The shepherd dog-called collie
Scotland, from the Gaelic cuilean,
puppy-gains its title from the fact
its being used to watch sheep and pr
teet them from marauders of evel
description.
AS to the derivation of the wol
bulldog it is only necessary to sta
that at one time this species was excl
sively used in bull-baiting, and fro
that circumstance arose the name
which it is universally known.
cross between this and the terrier
appropriately termed the bull-terrie
HOW HE WON HER PAPA.
A Clever Young Lover Consults a CIevG
oDd Succaa6s