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Society for the Perpetuation of the Desert Bred Saluki Winter 2007 SOCIETY FOR THE PERPETUATION OF THE DESERT BRED SALUKI WINTER 2007 www.desertbred.org ©2007 photo by V. Beregovoy 1 Officers - Chairman- Julia Holder Vice- Chr- Linda Fowler Treasurer- Ken Stahli Sec-y- Denise Como Board of Directors- Carolyn Brown Dr. John Burchard Sir Terence Clark Elizabeth Dawsari- Registrar Dr. Gertrude Hinsch- Newsletter Editor Lois Kincaid- Internet list Jonneth Santschi Susan Schroeder Monica Stoner- Archivist Herb Wells Elaine Yerty Carla Wykoff- web master TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………………………………...2 Color, Coat types Revisited G. W. Hinsch……………………..……………………………………….. ..3 Hunting Hounds along the Silk Road- which way did they go? Sir Terence Clark………………………..5 Caravan Hound- Rashmin Khandekar & Neil Trilokekar………………………………………………..13 Eastern Greyhounds- H.W. Bush………………………………………………………………………….17 Book Review- Exploring Iran:The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt, 1930-1940- A.Gursan-Salzman…..21 Critique History: 1974-1986, and a little beyond. A 2006 trip down memory lane. Elizabeth Al-Hazam Dawsari……………………………………….21 New CNRs…………………………………………………………………………………………………26 COO hounds- Uzbekistan- photos by M. Ratcliffe………………………………………………………..27 SPDBS Business………………………………………………………………………………………….28 This Newsletter is a member benefit for the Society’s support group. The opinions expressed by authors in the Newsletter of The Society for the Perpetuation of Desert Bred Salukis do not necessarily reflect the policies of The Society or the opinions of the officers, directors or membership. Copyright © 2007, The Society for the Perpetuation of Desert Bred Salukis. Copyright to content herein contained is retained by the content contributors. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission from the Society and/or authors and/or photographers and/or contributors is prohibited. 2 Society for the Perpetuation of t h e March 2007 Officers: Chairman -- Treasurer -- Julia Holder Ken Stahli 6110 W. 750 S. 3527 W. Bluefield Avenue Jamestown, IN 46147 Glendale, AZ 85308 H: 765/676-5834 H: (602) 439-2008 [email protected] [email protected] Vice Chairman -- Secretary -- Linda K. Fowler, CPA Denise Como 227 East Mano Drive Wolfwind Farm New River ,AZ 85087-7915 381 Elwood Rd Voice: 623.465.9711 Fort Plain NY 13339 Fax: 623.465.7566 (518) 993-3724 home/voicemail Either of these email addresses: (518) 993-3743 fax [email protected] (732) 513-4633 cell (which I only use on [email protected] (alt) weekends) [email protected] Board of Directors: Dr. Gertrude Hinsch, Monica Stoner, Archivist Carolyn M Brown Newsletter Editor PO Box 1708 PO Box 187 12005 Knights-Griffin Rd. Edgewood, NM87015 Washburn TN 37888 Thonotosassa, Fl. 33592 505 286-2797 [email protected] Phone (813) 986-2175 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dr John Burchard Lois Kincaid, Internet List Herb Wells PO Box 96 Manager P.O. Box 345 Alpaugh, CA93201 433 Mansfield Rd. Alpaugh, CA 93201 559 949.8061 Hollister, Calif. 95023 H: 559/949-8558 [email protected] H. 831 636-1737 [email protected] [email protected] Sir Terence Clark Carla Wykoff, Web Master 29 Westleigh Avenue Jonneth E Santschi 17696 Corazon Place London SW15 6RQ , UK 444 Washington Ave San Diego, CA 92127 tel. 0044 20 8788 4021 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 Phone 858 613-1146 fax 0044 20 8788 4021 573 335-0916 FAX 858 673-7274 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Elizabeth Dawsari, Registrar Susan Schroeder Elaine Yerty 1313 E. Circle Mountain Road PO Box 40 28471 Waller Gladish Rd New River, Arizona 85087 Carbondale, KS66414 Waller TX 77484 H: 623 / 465-0568 785 836-9371 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] COLOR, COAT TYPES REVISITED Gertrude W. Hinsch © In earlier issues (2004-5) coat type and patterns were discussed. In salukis, two coat types are present- the feathered and the smooth. The smooth is caused by a dominant gene while the recessive feathered condition needs two recessive genes for type to be expressed. Even in smooth salukis there is a variation in the length and density of body hairs. These characteristics are determined by additional genes. Coat color is often a determining in influencing the length and density of hair growth. Smooth salukis from heavily feathered lines are more likely to shown some brush on their tails. Coat colors are also seen to form a continuum of patterns grading from the solid colored salukis with little to no white to one which ultimately could be all white in color. When a saluki has a great deal of white on its legs, a blaze and some semblance of a collar it is said to be Irish-marked. As the white becomes more apparent the body blanket with progressively become broken into patches of color surrounded by white = particolor. A particolor may have almost a solid blanket with a few small white patches within it at the top of the scale to one with a single patch surrounding one of the eyes and perhaps one ear. In the Society registration process, we are fortunate in that we require four pictures of each salukis for registration purposes. With digital and color pictures we have practical evidence of the color of each saluki. Owners can/have been very creative in describing the colors of their salukis. As a result of this, a great many of the colors listed in the AKC stud are of little or not value to a person who is interested in the inheritance of coat color. There is a great deal of information on the specific genes associated with this. However, I will not go into that detail here. From time to time people question how they should register the color of their saluki. In addition to the pictures which we use, there are some simple ways to do so. We should keep in mind that CRN gen-3s are eligible for AKC registration and so I will keep that in mind here. In color registration for the AKC, individuals are asked to chose in two main categories. The first is pattern- solid, Irish-marked, particolor, grizzle, sable. Only one can be checked. The second is color, A number of colors are listed and it is here that problems arise. When possible keep it simple. If you list something the clerk at AKC does not like, think right, he/she is very likely to write asking for pictures and then will be the person making the determination. This can be a disaster. So what do you do with the list of colors? Black- until the recent import of a black saluki, we did not have a solid black. Even these dogs have some bit of white when born. White toes, spots, narrow blazes on the newborn have a way of disappearing as the pup get older. Black and tan- to date almost all of the salukis who are born with a black coat are genetically black and tan. This then is what owners should check for color. If there is sufficient white for the start of a collar, Black and tan coupled with the pattern Irish-marked would cover the white parts of the body. Black and tan particolor means a dog with black patches….you do not need to state black and white particolor. Many owners get hung up on the tan part of the description. That tan can mean anything from rust red to pale cream/silver as some would call it. We don’t know enough about the number of dilution factors that might be present for it to be of value. Reds, golds, creams to almost white. Again dilution factors are involved. Some reds fade as the saluki grows older, some creams darken with age. As a result, the time at which a saluki is registered may determine it registered color. Some reds for 3 instance go through what might be called the “dirty browns” at two-three months of age. Indeed, the AKC stud book is filled with the designation of brown dogs. Early fanciers unfortunately coined the term grizzle for dogs who have a lighter face mask and extremities visible with a darker overlay. Grizzle by definition is a grey color not a pattern. Grizzles as such are genetically the color of their face and extremities. So the color checked should be of that part of the body not of the overlay. In general, puppies which are to be what we call grizzles are born with the face mask and lighter feet and legs. For years fanciers have called many reds black fringed. The term sable has now been chosen to identify these salukis. Sable saluki puppies look black when they are born. Their faces and legs appear black to dark gray at birth. As they grow older most of them will lose most of the black overlay while retaining the black fringes on the ears and often black down the sides of the neck. Some of them will not lose this black overlay at all, will retain the black muzzle as well. Their upper ear fringes will be the color of the dog genetically…..generally red or tan. Any trace of black fringes on the ears indicates the sable condition. Registering pattern and color tells us a great deal about the saluki. On SPDBS registration papers we also indicate coat type, something not considered important by the AKC. One further point which we might consider it listing the color of the pigment of the nose and eye liner- black or liver. The importance of this is that currently when a person states red or fawn sable they are giving the coat color but not the color of the overlay. If a saluki has a liver nose, the overlay with be liver/chocolate.
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