"He taught him horsemanship, archery and how to wield lasso, rein and stirrup, and what and when and how, the rites of of convivial society, of formal ceremony and the symposium; hawking, falconry and how to hunt with the cheetah; what was justice or the lack of it; what the throne and the crown meant; how to deliver orations and how to go to war and lead an army."
The Shahnameh (courtesy of R.A.W.)
Monday, March 19, 2007
Another Pretty Dog
Granddog: John Burchard's Tigger, now starting to show in coursing.
Are tazis salukis? (Or as I'd rather put it are salukis tazis?) You can get an argument, but there is no real break in the population, though the name changes somewhere in Turkey.
There are of course regional differences, even within "tazis". Lashyn, Tig's mother, is a "Semirichenski" type; her dad a blend of Almaty and Turkmeni strains. But she is all Asian.
Brindles are more common in Eastern strains though not unknown in Arab lines. A friend has one from Iranian Kurdistan.
3 comments:
That dog's got legs like a super model. Gorgeous
Steve- Is the brindle dog a saluki, a tazi or a cross? Her markings are similiar to those on my lurcher.
Are tazis salukis? (Or as I'd rather put it are salukis tazis?) You can get an argument, but there is no real break in the population, though the name changes somewhere in Turkey.
There are of course regional differences, even within "tazis". Lashyn, Tig's mother, is a "Semirichenski" type; her dad a blend of Almaty and Turkmeni strains. But she is all Asian.
Brindles are more common in Eastern strains though not unknown in Arab lines. A friend has one from Iranian Kurdistan.
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