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Saturday, 14 March 2009

Pig Dog Slut

If I may be permitted to explain, this is not a slur on the eating habits, character or lifestyle choices of the good citizens of Leeds. It's a history lesson.

The first recorded use of a tracking animal other than a dog in the UK was 'Slut' a pig owned and trained by A baronet from hampshire called Sir Henry Mildmay. His pal Charles Darwin said "Sluts sent was exceedingly good, and she was more useful than a dog"

OK more trivia than history. The book this fact is taken from looks a lot of fun 'The Keen Shots Miscellany' by Peter Holt 


All papers sat and passed. Off back down south.
Your pal
SBW


5 comments:

  1. R. Gabe Davis14 March 2009 at 12:44

    By the way Onieda is pronounce "O-NI-DU..... It is an outdoorsmans paradise

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  2. The Suburban Bushwacker16 March 2009 at 12:10

    No its not my ink or leg. But i thought a posh pig would be more appropriate.
    SBW

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  3. Anonymous22 March 2009 at 17:24

    Well done for surviving up North and passing the bits you had to pass. Welcome back to the sarf.

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  4. R. Gabe Davis24 March 2009 at 00:47

    Congratulations on the "Bushwacker Grove" in Mississippi....what an honor.

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  5. Anonymous28 March 2009 at 19:44

    That is some awesome artwork you have there.

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Please feel free to leave comments. I really enjoy hearing what readers think. The rules are the same as round my dinner table:

You're welcome to disagree, life would be way too boring if we all agreed with each other and we'd never learn anything.
I like to think that we're all grown up enough to argue every last point, right down to the bone, without bearing a grudge afterwards.



Come on in the waters lovely
SBW