Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-05-13
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:" me Nomenclature Of yae,o.s
- breeds OF CANNES.
Dog nomenclature Is onit, fa.
p ss subject says "a writer n tbo
go, 'Di' tfee Fress Take. for r..
Az ai'e' mat iavorlte canine known -
slo terrier a name given to ~
breed from his habit Of follow;a ae
game into burrows IN ~ ''s@l .,s
sh'oh latter IN Latin is termed terra
~ way q quick gradations the word
%aS metamorphosed into terrier
sAys Terrier Is 50 called because tba
ureed was once chiefly raised ~ M
~ .taiu oi skye, one Of the Hebrides
me celebrated Dandy Dinmont ter.
rief obtained ITS distinctive titlc from
slle laei OF its being depicted as The
4aForlte Of character bearIng tbat
name In Sir Walter scott's 80.
hAhnerlng." Tho fox terrier was so
uaileu because Il was originally kent
a. an addition 70 every pack 81 III.
mounds. Bioodhounds derive tbe,r
name from the possession Of a pecnlia,.
power OF scenting the blood of q
wounded animal In 0lden I mes star
4 0hiing was q iavorits amusement ~
the nobility. and the dogs used IN
aneh sport-part greyhounds and part
ploodhonnds were given tho nars
Of staghOunds. Foxhounds. IN like
manner. were trained to hunt Tho
"iiy animal. Various explanations
have been given Of tho origin If tbe
term greyhound, some authorities
claiming that the prefix grey Is taken
rom traius, meaning Greek: others
MAT u signifies great, while sim
others say that II has reference 10
the color Of the animal. In no other
breed o. hounds is tie blue or grey
color 70 prevalent, and consequently
the last mentioned seems the most
plausible. liarriers are chiefly used
IN hunting hares 10 England. while
the title beagle. applied 80 breed
which j. an inyeterate enemy Of rAb-
bits. Il probably derived from the
Celtic beag or bite. or the Welsh
back signiiying little. they being In
reality 9 small speries Of hound.
A pointer Is So called because of IL
habii oi stopping aud pointing at
game with lie nose, while the setter
gets IL name from a like habit. ex-
cepting that II crouches instead OF
standing when pointing under similar
circumstances Newfoundland dogs
we're originally natives Of that coun-
'ry End Labrador from which cir
cumsiancc ,hcy received their title.
IN The same manner The noble St
llcrnards are 40 called from the fam
ous monastery Of that namo ia the
Alps That rather dangerous breed
called Spiy or pomeranian dogs, q
variety ~ the E.quimhu. we're first
bred en- Pomerania. RUSSIA. but
the popular name q SpitE was prob
ab,y derived from the erroneous
notion that they originated IN Spitz.
bergen SIanicls. Of which there are
many breeds are supposed 60 have
lrst come from Spain from which
Is derived their di.tipc.
live names Charles l. was 40 ardent
idmircr ~ o small variety ~ this ami.
nal. and from that arose the drsigna-
lion % his pets known the world over
b The King Charles
MastiG IL the term applied 10
very large and powerful species 81 .
.hc canine family. aud there T. con.
c3n1ici ~ opinion regard
Ing The origin ~ tie word Some
,laim that 6 Is derived from the .
Italian masiinn. pr the French mas
lin. both ~ which signify large
imbcd. Others, again, say It's true
origin II the old German masten, 70
.attcn. because the mastif is large
ieg and so seems better ned than any
other Poodle q derived from the
ierman pudcl. puddle or pool They
arc without doubt the most intel
igent 81 an CANNES. The shepherd
log called the collie IN Scotland.
rom the Gaelic cuilean, or puppy
,alns t. title from the fact Of its
,oing used 10 watch sheep and pro-
Get them from maraudcrs oi every
description. a. TO The derivation Of
he word bull dog Il is only necessary
d state that AZ one time this species
vas exclusively used in bull-haiting.
md from that circumstance arose the
,amc ~ which il Is universally .
NOV. 4 cross between this and the
crricr IS appropriately termed the /
,ull terrier