Illustration from a 1901 book entitled:
The First Belgian Hare Course of Instruction.
Twenty lessons.
Complete directions for buying, sheltering, feeding, breeding, developing a business, etc.
with a true history of the Belgian hare.
English: Identifier: firstbelgianhare00crab (find matches) Title: The first Belgian hare course of instruction. Twenty lessons. Complete directions for buying, sheltering, feeding, breeding ... developing a business, etc. ... with a true history of the Belgian hare .. Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: Crabtree, Pleasant Elijah New England Belgian Hare Company Rice, Elmer Cook, 1868- Subjects: Belgian hare Publisher: Boston, New England, New England Belgian Hare Company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress 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: mark the scorecard in the same way, the sharper will take an unmarked hareand mark it to fit the score card. The buyer of hares willearly in his experience come upon score cards with great sealsin the corner, to give an appearance of legality. Such sealsmean nothing to the sharper. They are, in fact, a real helpto him, impressing youthful minds strongly. Usually thegaudier the pedigree blank and the bigger the seal on thescore card, the poorer the Belgian. The honor of the judgeand dealer is the only safeguard. In every new district wherethe Belgian is making its way. you will find beginners carry-ing around score cards and pedigrees in their pockets, andoffering to sell or buy them, while the Belgians which they fitor do not fit may be pining away in some corner, entirely outof the discussion. Such people usually lose from $10 to $500 176 CRABTREES INSTRUCTIONS and then drop out of the business. They have a poor knowl-edge of human nature and will not succeed in business ofany kind. Text Appearing After Image: (;npyright, 1901, by the New England Belgian Hare Co. SCORING SIZE (LENGTH) OF EAR. For Description See Page 15G LESSON EIGHTEEN. USEFUL HINTS. IT is well to remember: That a Belgian should notbe lifted by the ears. That their amorous nature is perhaps their strongestcharacteristic. That males are, as a rule, more numerous than females. That they fight with their feet, and make the fur fly. That the expression As mad as a March hare was coinedby an observer, who watched them in March, their best mat-ing time, when they are playful and full of antics. That a cat deprived of her kittens will suckle a young rab-bit. That a kitten may be taken from its mother and given to anursing doe. Such kittens, as they grow up, become accus-tomed to the Belgians and the hutches, live contentedly withthem and guard against mice. That they are susceptible to atmospheric changes, beingrestless and lively before a change of weather. That they fraternize with dogs to which they are accus-tomed, but shrink 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.