Identifier: petshowtocarefor00cran (find matches)
Title: Pets and how to care for them
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Crandall, Lee S. (Lee Saunders), 1887-1969
Subjects: Pets. (from old catalog)
Publisher: (New York) New York zoological park
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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be con-sidered first. It has, of course, no connection with anyhare. It is a simple derivative of the common Europeanrabbit (Lcpus cuniculus), as are all of the other breedsso far as known. When first introduced from Belgium toEngland, it was confidently believed to be a cross betweenhare and rabbit, a fallacy founded, no doubt, on the closeresemblance to the color of the former animal. The Belgian Hare is essentially slim and racy. Thehead and body are long, the back slightly arched. The fore-legs are verv slender and of good length, the feet small andthere should be no sign of a dewlap, or fleshy growth underthe chin. The ears should be straight, carried upright andbordered near the tip with a narrow edge of black. The desired shade of color is commonly described as rich rufous red. The red is overcast with a plentiful
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PETS 43 ticking of black hairs, which are desired to be of a wavyappearance, rather than evenly sprinkled. Both black and white varieties of the Belgian Hare havebeen bred, but neither has ever become popular. The Flemish Giant is the largest rabbit breed, and fromthis fact has threatened to rival the Belgian Hare as amarket animal. However, it was not strong enough, nu-merically, to become widely popular during the rabbit craze,and since that time breeders have discovered that there arevarious small deficiencies to balance its advantage in weight.Its flesh is less delicate than that of the Belgian, it is some-what less prolific and the young require a longer period toreach maturity. Nevertheless, the Flemish Giant is secondonly to the Belgian Hare in the numbers of its admirers. The typical Giant is dark gray in color, wavily tickedwith black. This ticking extends over the entire body withthe exception of the under surface of the body, which ispure white. As in the Belgian Hare, blac

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