A Belgian Hare buck named "Fashoda" from the Bonanza Rabbitry in Los Angeles, CA.

Book illustration from 1900. Caption reads:
"He captured twelve first prizes on the
exhibition circuit of England in 1899."

Fashoda was sold for US$5,000 in 1900.[2]
English: Identifier: bonanzarabbitrym00plat (find matches) Title: The Bonanza rabbitry manual; a practical treatise presenting tested and approved methods for the mating, feeding, management, exhibiting and marketing of the Belgian hare, noblest of the rabbit family Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Platt, Burton Coles Subjects: Belgian hare Publisher: Los Angeles, Cal., B. C. Platt Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: littledarker. Define it as you may, it givesa finish to the whole effect as yet rarelyseen upon Belgians. Fashoda has strikingly large andbrilliant eyes of exactly the correctshade of hazel, beaming with intelli-gence, spirit anT docility. His bearingis alert and strong. He assumes, of hisown accord, poses that are models ofgrace, and the immediate effect uponeveryone who sees him, is that of abeautiful wild creature reduced to acongenial captivity where all may ad-mire him. We may summarize this descriptionof Fashoda by quoting from some ofthose who saw and knew him before hecame into our possession. He capturedtwelve first prizes on the ex-hibition circuit of England in1899, also seven specials, fourmedrls and four challenge cups,including the Crystal Palace cup, valuedat $250, a trophy offered by the largestpet-stock association in the world, whichholds an exhibition in London everyyear. An English authority says: His feet and legs are enough to turn 96 THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. Text Appearing After Image: CHAMPION FASHODA. (Bonanza Pose.)Property of Bonanza Rabbitr\-, Los Angeles, Cal. THE BONANZA RABBITRY MANUAL. 97 the eyes of a breeder green with envy,and again, An absolutely correct styleand front. Another, The best everseen. Still others say: With age hegets more beautiful, and With hisnew coat in full bloom he will be theideal. All say: He wins easily inany company, and He is the popularwinner. and again, The crack Belgianof the period. Popular sires producepopular young, who sell at popularprices, and are always sought after byprogressive breeders. An old gentleman of refinement andculture, after watching our hares andespecially Fashoda, the other day, fornearly an hour, remarked: This is atreat equal to looking at beautifulwomen. The more you look at them,the more you want to. On the following page is the ofl&cialscore awarded to Fashoda at the LosAngeles exposition, a card which consti-tutes a record the same as the record ofspeed made by a trotter or pacer in arace under Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.