Applies sexual selection to origin of dog race [deerhound]. Proposes descent from a large extinct dog.
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Applies sexual selection to origin of dog race [deerhound]. Proposes descent from a large extinct dog.
Has read Variation;
is preparing a monograph on Scotch deerhounds. Offers CD information on size of male and female deerhounds.
Might not the effect of human mother’s imagination on "character of offspring" support Pangenesis?
Answers CD’s queries on difference in size of male and female Scottish deerhounds; female preference for larger males; details about ratio of sexes born. Quotes from letter of Archibald McNeill on difference in size of male and female Scotch deerhounds.
Refers to letter from John Wright offering to help CD on his queries about deerhounds and sexual preferences.
More details about a terrier bitch previously referred to [letter missing].
Weighing ten deerhound puppies for CD each week.
Offers deerhound puppy.
Asks for photograph.
Encloses letter from George Cupples of notes, with excerpts from letters from Peter Robertson and John Wright, relating to difference in size between male and female deerhounds. Reports on weight statistics of ten [deerhound] puppies being observed.
Thanks for photograph.
Receiving notes on inbreeding from T. T. Wright, who has long experience with the subject.
Reports six-toed pup.
Writing to friends on CD’s behalf about deer: T. T. Wright, Archibald McNeill.
Forwards A. McNeill’s letter on deer horns. McNeill wrote portion on deerhounds in William Scrope’s book [The art of deer-stalking (1838)].
Forwards reply from [Peter Robertson] head forester for Marquis of Breadalbane on development of horns in Scottish deer.
Differences in size and weight in deerhounds, with tables of comparative weights according to sex. Promises information on weights of deerhound puppies. Effects of cross- and inbreeding.
Will look for sex ratio statistics.
Will weigh pups.
Deerhound breeding;
wolves.
Note on proportion of sexes born in sheep.
On proportion of sexes in litters of dogs.
Proportion of sexes in rats.
Weight statistics on deerhound puppies born 23 Sept 1869.
Will send deerhound puppy.
Is critical of Herbert Spencer.
Will send CD a deerhound puppy.
Reaffirms his statement that dogs in breeding form decided preferences toward each other, based on size, colour, or character.
CD’s deerhound puppy will be ready soon.