I think I have the same one- little orange long-coated dog- it's a stuffed one from the Victoria & Albert, IIRC. :D That's all I've got so far, but it's sort of dachshundy and I've heard ONE source say that lancashireheelers were used for it, so...
Cait ---- Original Message ---- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SCA_Coursing] Dog Powered Machinery Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:19:06 -0400 ><html><body> > > ><tt> >I have a book with a picture of a stuffed Turnspit dog. just a >sec....<BR> ><BR> >hold on ...<BR> ><BR> >OK, I looked in the book, but I could not find a useful photo >credit. I <BR> >don't have a scanner, but I can take a low quality digital photo and >send it <BR> >to you when I get the chance.<BR> ><BR> >Cave canum,<BR> >Randwulf<BR> ><BR> ><BR> ><BR> >----- Original Message ----- <BR> >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><BR> >To: <[email protected]><BR> >Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 12:00 AM<BR> >Subject: RE: [SCA_Coursing] Dog Powered Machinery<BR> ><BR> ><BR> >><BR> >> Oooh! Thanks- I've been looking for documentation about >turnspit<BR> >> dogs- some descriptions of them (post period, alas) sound very >much<BR> >> like a modern corgi. :D<BR> >><BR> >> Cait<BR> >><BR> >> ---- Original Message ----<BR> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<BR> >> To: [email protected]<BR> >> Subject: RE: [SCA_Coursing] Dog Powered Machinery<BR> >> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:41:52 -0000<BR> >><BR> >>><html><body><BR> >>><BR> >>><BR> >>><tt><BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>I found an interesting web site about the history of dog >(plus goats<BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>and sheep) treadmills.&nbsp; It covers from the 16th >century to the<BR> >>>19th <BR><BR> >>>century.&nbsp; <BR><BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>&lt;<a<BR> >>>href="<a >href="http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/power/tread.htm";>http://w >ww.americanartifacts.com/smma/power/tread.htm</a>"><a >href="http://w";>http://w</a><BR> >>>ww.americanartifacts.com/smma/power/tread.htm</a>&g >t;<BR><BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>&lt;<a<BR> >>>href="<a >href="http://www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/ay184.htm";>http:// >www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/ay184.htm</a>"><a >href="http://";>http://</a><BR> >>>www.americanartifacts.com/smma/advert/ay184.htm</a>& >;gt;<BR><BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>The 1576 book titled &quot;Of English Dogs&quot; by >Johannes Caius<BR> >>>mentions using <BR><BR> >>>dogs to power turn spits and to draw water out of wells, >which makes<BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>this article interesting to read.<BR><BR> >>><BR><BR> >>>Of English Dogs, Johannes Caius, 1576. 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