New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-11
E. X. Scott Holds That 4.
Pom Is DESCENDED
from This Breed.
PREHISTORIC TYPE
WAS MEDIUM.SI7r
Does Not Believe Auei...
Would Have Domesticat,s
Animal Like Wolfhouud

The evolution Of the dog IA,
been a favored theme Of di,...a a
among lovers Of the animal ~ p
have contended that the true -. 70,
prehistoric dog was one Of Ia ~
breeds, their idea being that "a. s''
Gest and heaviest dogs would nae. 8
be the sort 20 persist under m
matte conditions and Surrounds. Z,
This view is not accepted By =,
burn Scott. in an article publi,i., =
Gently in Field and Fancy ", y.
holds to the opinion that the Sar, -.
dogs, Of which he happens "a l''A
prominent breeder, represen, n.
prehistoric type. -
Professor Jeittics. a German ,,,...
who has investigated the mate, > -.
Mr.. Scott, states as his opibia, ~
the prehistoric dog was some,hi,s n
the Pomeranian. and BY that h, -. ~
the outstanding white dog Of ,v,.,, J.
forty years ago and not the fs,.
weight freak Of to-day"
Mr.. Scott then calls attention ;, 4
fact that ten years ago ne er,,.,..,
the belief that the normal Pors,,.
was the descendant Of the S,r,-..
dog. He points out that not oolv y.
the appearance Of the two brssS, -
cate this. but that there are Co..
similarities between a race Of 49,.
in Pomeranis. on the Baltic ,sS =
Samoyedes and Firms, Of Nor,b -
STA.
He continues:
Given that the above is ries, g..
that Professor Jeittles is also -.
about the prehistoric dog BEN, T.
the Pomeranian. then IL follow, ~.
IT not. that the Samoyede Of ,s-s,,
tho actual type Of the prehistoric 4,
Lee US consider the matter fro- i.
climatic and other points Of view
Northeast Russia, where the S,..
yede people have raised those a.,
Of the Arctic the reindeer FOR .c-..
less ages. has a most rigorous cli-,4
The temperature in winter is the h,
est on record for any part Al i,
oarth's surface whore man has ps,-,
nent occupation. Il is a part 10 ~.
neither man nor beast was likely 1, /,
Of his own free will. Like Their -,
;ers. therefore, the Samoyede dog \,
come down from the ages true "a ~,
and in this respect the Sanoy,t
and the Dingo Of the ISOLATED eo,s
nent Of Australia are sharply mar,
out from all other breeds.
Where the survival Of the NOS.
is the only rule. there is no ehsne, b,
fresks. A young dog with a Aoo d,
or with the muscles or cartilage yea,
ened IN any way, so that the ear ',
not freely movable. would no, han
the same chance 20 detect danger 4,
rerfect specimen, and so would ,
killed or by the wolves or his feb,
dogs before he had time 70 propags,,
The same is true of the sense,
smell and sight ana any deformity t,
the framework, etc. and thus il is IA
IN breeding Samoyede dogs they slssr
come true.
at might be thought that n, n,
gest and heaviest dogs would b n
type to persist. but on consident,
It will be easily seen tina, ihn
not so.
"If we turn 10 the drawings sersttst
on bones and the walls OF the caves
prehistoric man, and COZ. lar. the dng
ings Of dogs with those he made
the same time, Of reindeer and bss,
and men, 10 is evident that the preh'
torlc dog was medium sized. jus. as
the Samoyede of to-day. This Is al
true of the earliest sculptures in En-,
The Esqulmau dog and the go,
hound are too large to agree with Ties
ancient drawings. and it should as
be remembered that the natural pr
sentative instinct OF prehistoric vori
would cause her 70 discourage asini
which might cat up her offspring
Lord Lonsdalc has informed p
writer that of the Ugh, Esqumau dol
which he brought 20 England so-
years ago TIE heayies. was lj2 pound
and they averaged 1873 pounds and stot
"a 10 % inches at the shoulder. ],
average Samoyede dog. on the oii'
hand, weighs about 40 pounds, ir
stands only 20 inches az the shoulds
One can imagine the prehistoric v'ui
making household pets Of animals 2
size of Samoyede, but not OF 90
heavier than herself
"In the above the writer has sa1
- - 81, - haNfaF ~
the Samoyede dog Of to-day Is =
true type OF domestic deg, as far "a
as the cave-dwelling age, and u''
who are learned in such matters .
that the dog was the very first anisil
20 be domesticated Therefor. 10 =
Samoyed- dog We are brought face
face with a link that carries 2
thoughts back 10 those dim ages w
the world was in the mixing.