Mason beschreibt das Aussehen, das Temperament und die Geschichte jeder Rasse und gibt auch praktische Ratschläge zu Training, Fütterung und Pflege. Die Rassen sind nach Nationalitäten gruppiert. Interessant sind die historischen Darstellungen einiger Rassen, die sich teils stark von ihrem heutigen Erscheinungsbild unterscheiden (z. B. der Bullterrier von 1915). Es folgt der Originaltext in Englisch.
POMERANIAN (Spitz)
Color: White, black, blue, brown, chocolate, sable in all shades, red, orange and fawn in all shades, and parti-colors. The whites must be free from lemon or any color, and the other colors free from white. In the parti-colors the colors should be evenly distributed in body patches. Self-colored dogs with white feet or legs are objectionable.
Weight: About 24 lbs. (10-11 kg)
This is a compact, short-bodied dog, with head and face fox-like. Small erect ears, and exhibits great intelligence in expression, docility in disposition and activity in buoyancy and deportment. The skull should be somewhat flat, eyes oblique, not set too wide apart, bright and dark in color. The neck is short and lion-like, is covered with a profuse mane and frill of long straight hair. The tail is a characteristic of this breed and should be turned over the back, profusely covered with long spreading hair. He should have a long, perfectly straight and glistening coat, sound and even in color, and soft fluffy undercoat, the whole effect being of a stand-off, weather resisting variety.
POMERANIAN
(Miniature)
This breed has now been perfected as a toy variety to the almost entire exclusion from the show ring of the original spitz. Formerly he was produced in Pomeria, in all sizes from 20 to 40 lbs. (9-18 kg) weight.
Then the fashionable weight became 18 to 24 lbs. (8-10 kg), but latterly breeders have perfected the variety and he is classified at shows as above 8 lbs. (3,6 kg) and less than 8 lbs., until nowadays the smaller they are the more they are appreciated. There are many poms around three or four pounds (1,4-1,8 kg) weight, and some full grown specimens have been exhibited as small as 1½ lbs (680 g).
Quellenangabe:
Dogs of all nations, Walter Esplin Mason, United States, 1915
