At this time and point I feel like I am in the Steven Spielberg film, ‘Jaws’, Except there are no sharks to keep reoccurring on the local beach. Instead it is a virus that I cannot see, hear and hopefully never feel. We know it is out there but unfortunately, we can do little about it. After months we are supposed to be coming out of lockdown, but maybe not. I think the government is trying to help us but they are in unprecedented times so do not know what to do either. News today is that parts of Australia are back in lockdown even though they have been strict about any new people arriving in Australia. We have pretty much accepted that 2020 is and has been a washout in the dog activity scene. Cross our fingers for a better new year. At this moment Blackpool Championship Show state they “will open the entry on Monday 10th August”. Bournemouth is still hoping to go on. Stay well everyone. We received a copy of the Saluki or Gazelle Hound Club Newsletter. The Club has decided to set up a Club member ‘s assistance. What it is, if Club members find themselves in difficulties with their hounds because of sickness, or advancing in year and do not have any family members who are will to help look after their Salukis, they have the reassurance that the Club is there to help them. The Club is proposing that they create a form to download that could be filed with a Club Administrator and one’s will. This assistance program is only available to Club members. In the Breed Notes of the 1st May 2020 I mentioned that Lisa Croft -Elliott had created a similar plan called ‘Emergency Plan for my animals, which is not breed specific. This form can be found a “http://www.eyefordogs.com/EMERGENCYPLANform1.pdf. This is available to anyone. Included also in the Newsletter is a form to nominate judges. The Club needs nominations for Judges for the Limited and Open Show in 2022. The Limited Show and the Open Show judges need not be Breed Specialists Nominations are needed for the 2023 Championship Show. This judge must be a ‘Breed Specialist”. Please be mindful that 2023 is a very special year for the SGHC as the Club will be 100 years old, the oldest Saluki Club in the World. Finally, in the Newsletter, Helena Haywood thanks everyone for sending in photographs for the calendar competition. She says that the price for the calendar remains the same as last year which is £8.50. As there will not be a Championship Show where the calendars were usually available, all calendars will have to be posted. She will let people know the postage charges when the calendar is completed and weighted. If you want to contact Helena regarding the calendar her contact details are by telephone on 01494 874587 or helenahaywood 191@btinternet.com. She will be accepting payment by cheque or via Paypal. I have been having a lively discussion with one of the readers of these breed notes regarding wood cuts and the paintings of Norbertine Bresslern-Roth. My reader has come to the conclusion that Mrs Bresslern-Roth’s interest in Salukis came from her early travels in the Middle East. If you look at many other works you will see traditional scenes of Arabic people sitting around a fire. Also she has done many pictures with camels in the backgrounds. In Mrs Bresslern-Roth’s home town of Graz, Frau Wohlfahrt-Casatif of Graz lived and it was her two dogs that were depicted in three of the paintings. In the painting entitled “The Pack” in the museum in Australia and a painting entitled “Venus” there was a lemon/white parti coloured Saluki which we do not know his origin. But the dogs pictured in “The Saluki in History, Art and Sport” are Garibe el Saluki who is listed as a fawn bitch (She had a Sarona Dam) and Hatim el Saluk as a black male. (He also had a Sarona dam). My reader’s pointed out that in the paintings and woodcuts the dog is mostly all black except for white on his front paws, some white on his chest and white on the end of his tail. In 1929 was this an accepted colour pattern for Salukis that we have lost? I thank my reader for several interesting and stimulating conversations. I thank my reader for several interesting and stimulating conversations. .
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