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The Saluki is one of the noblest of all hounds, and one of the most ancient, being many hundreds of years old, and possibly thousands. It is regarded as the original stock whence various other breeds in the west have sprung. It is a native of Arabia, a country famous for its breeding of animals as the influence of Arabian racehorses on English bloodstock shows. Salukis also have very great speed, and are used for hunting the gazelle In their native country.
1938 DOGS - SECOND SERIES OF 48 No 9 ISSUED BY GALLAHER
The Saluki is also known by the name of Persian Gazelle Hound or Persian Greyhound, and is a very graceful silky coated variety, similar in type to the. English Greyhound, but more slimly built, and wanting the great muscular development of the latter breed. These hounds are employed in hunting the Gazelle, and their ancestry it is said, can be traced back some 5,000 years. The Saluki ranges in colour from white to fawn, grizzle, black and tan, while and black, and red. Height 45 to 50 lbs. Height at shoulder 24 to 26 ins.
1925 DOGS - Series of 50 No 27 issued by Players
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The Saluki or Gazelle Hound has been a pedigree bred for many centuries in. Persia. Arabia and N Africa, for typical Salukis figure in Egyptian tomb paintings as early as 3600 B.C. The Bedouins, who depend so largely on wild animals for their food, have a great love for their Salukis, and give them such picturesque names as a "flash of light." Salukis, they say, will certainly be allowed in the next world. Dogs average in height from 23-28 in., bitches being considerably smaller cream, white, fawn, red; white, black and tan; and black and tan are the usual colours.
1929 DOGS HEADS - No 27 in a series of 50, issued by Players
The Saluki, also known as Persian Gazelle Hound or Greyhound, was the first of the varieties of eastern Greyhounds recognised by the Kennel Club; this was in 1923. In the East they are employed in hunting the Gazelle, and the type has undergone but little change during the last 5, 000 years. There are two varieties, the rough-coated and the perfectly smooth. Colours: white, cream, fawn, golden, red, grizzle and tan, tri-colour (white, black and tan) and black and tan. Height: 24-26 in., bitches being smaller. Weight: dogs 45-50 Ib.
1931 DOGS - No 28 in a series of 50, issued by Players
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