Below these particulars was a series of alpha-beta-gammas connected by arrows and crosses which denoted the lineage of the breed.

Near the southern border, cattle of the early longhorn breed whose coloration was black with a lineback, with white speckles frequently appearin' on the sides and belly, were called `` zorrillas ''.

Garry Kasparov argued that Karpov would have had good chances, because he had beaten Spassky convincingly and was a new breed of tough professional, and indeed had higher quality games, while Fischer had been inactive for three years.

Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

The modern beef breed was developed in the 1950s by Professor Hanset, working at an artificial insemination centre in Liege province.

The breed's characteristic gene mutation was maintained through linebreeding to the point where the condition was a fixed property in the Belgian Blue breed.

The ship on which Charles Darwin made the voyage which provided much of the inspiration for On the Origin of Species was named HMS Beagle after the breed, and, in turn, lent its name to the ill-fated British Martian lander Beagle 2.

Naturalist John Richardson, who studied the breed in the 1820s, before it was diluted by crossings with other breeds, could detect no decided difference in form between the breed and coyotes, and surmised it was a domesticated version of the wild animal.

As early as 490 BC a breed of large horses was bred in the Nisaean plain in Media to carry men with increasing amounts of armour ( Herodotus 7, 40 & 9, 20 ).

The use of same word castas, and a method of stratifying people based on " breed, race, caste " was common in colonial Spain, throughout South America and Central America, within the last 500 years.

The term caste was applied to Indian society in the 17th century, via Portuguese casta " breed, race, caste ".

The European breed used in the formation of Canchim cattle was Charolais.

The main Zebu breed which contributed to the formation to the Canchim was the Indubrazil, although Guzerá and Nelore cattle where also used.

Preference was given to the Indubrasil breed, due to the ease of obtaining large herds at reasonable prices, which would have been difficult with Gir, Nelore or Guzerá.

Thus was born a new type of beef cattle for Central Brazil, with the name CANCHIM, derived from the name of a tree very common in the region where the breed was developed.

Cowboy Bebop was that rare breed of science-fiction: " accessible ".

Dachshunds have been kept by royal courts all over Europe, including that of Queen Victoria, who was particularly enamored of the breed.

Due to the association of the breed with Germany, the dachshund was chosen to be the first official mascot for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, with the name Waldi.

In years when there was a shortage of food, the auk did not breed.

In the 20th century she was championed by a new breed of critics, most notably by Virginia Woolf, who called Middlemarch " one of the few English novels written for grown-up people ".

Sometimes purebred horses are called Thoroughbreds, which is incorrect ; " Thoroughbred " is a specific breed of horse, while a " purebred " is a horse ( or any other animal ) with a defined pedigree recognized by a breed registry.

Warren originates in the Anglo-Norman term free warren, a royal licence permitting the holder to keep and breed game animals within a defined geographic area in which hunting by others was prohibited.

* The Cheetoh is an attempt to blend two existing domestic breeds of spotted cats with defined characteristics ( Bengal and Ocicat ), into a third breed.

Dog breeds are not scientifically defined biological classifications, but rather are groupings defined by clubs of hobbyists called breed clubs.

As used herein, " Pit Bull Terrier " is hereby defined as any Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier breed of dog, or any mixed breed of dog which contains as an element of its breeding of Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, or American Pit Bull Terrier, as to be identifiable as partially of the breed commonly known as Pit Bull Terriers by a qualified veterinarian duly licensed as such by the state.

This geneticist, Dr. Solveig Pfleuger, said that the breed was best defined as semi-long haired Russian Blue.

Most breed standards use the terms " ticked " and " roan " interchangeably, with the former referring to clearly defined flecks on a white background and the latter to flecks so closely spaced that the mixture appears even.

CKC members may only breed CKC recognised breeds and are required to sign a membership pledge not to engage in the buying, selling or breeding of dogs not purebred ( purebred being defined as eligible for CKC registration ).

While many domestic Chinese geese have a similar body type to other breeds, the breed standards as defined in the American Poultry Association's Standard of Perfection and other sources call for a slimmer, taller fowl.

Terrier Group is the name of a breed Group of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds.

Faults are formally defined in reference to the breed standard of the specific dog breed, and, due to the extreme variability of the dog (" Phenotypic variation among dog breeds, whether it be in size, shape, or behavior, is greater than for any other animal "), a single set of faults cannot be generically described for all dog breeds.

A large degree of deviation from the breed standard, an excess of faults, or certain defined major faults, may indicate that the animal should not be bred, although its fitness for other uses may not be impeded by the faults.

A mixed breed animal is defined as having undocumented or unknown parentage, while a crossbreed, as a rule has known, usually purebred parents of two distinct breeds or varieties.

For purebred dogs in the AKC, each breed has a clearly defined appearance standard, including such points as the length, thickness, and color of the coat ; the dog's height and weight ; the length of its back in proportion to its height ; the shape of its ears and muzzle ; and so on.

Two hands are allowed if the horse is ridden in a snaffle bit or hackamore, which are only permitted for use on " junior " horses, defined differently by various breed associations, but usually referring to horses four or five years of age and younger.

The Pixie-bob was classified by TICA initially as a " Native New Breed ", defined as " A new breed which has been identified through selection of phenotypically similar individuals from a naturally occurring population indigenous to a particular geographic region " but it is now classified as a " Newer Natural / Regional Breed " also known as NNRB.

Because Kangal name and breed has not been thoroughly defined and documented until recently, because of the slightly similar appearance and desire to capitalize on unique qualities of the breed, Anatolian Shepherd Dogs in general are sometimes labeled Kangals.

Toy Group is the name of a breed Group of the smallest kinds of dogs, used by kennel clubs to classify a defined collection of dog breeds.

However enough had been taken to England, Scandinavia, Western Europe, and America in the late 19th century for the breed to establish itself outside its native country.

In 2004, the UK Kennel Club held its fourth temporary exhibition, " The Borzoi in Art ," which offered unique insights into the borzoi and how the breed has been depicted in art throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

The Deerhound is closely related to the Irish Wolfhound and was the main contributor to the recovery of that breed when it was re-created at the end of the 19th century.

Although the breed did not apparently experience any significant change in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was kept in its vocation as a swift hunting dog, maybe the most telling proverb which mentions the Galgo, is the one dating from the first years of the nineteenth Century:

While plains zebras are much more plentiful, one subspecies, the quagga, became extinct in the late 19th century-though there is currently a plan, called the Quagga Project, that aims to breed zebras that are phenotypically similar to the quagga in a process called breeding back.

This breed, which has 5 claws instead of the normal four, was a favourite for 19th century tables, including that of Queen Victoria.

The modern English Setter owes its appearance to Mr. Edward Laverack ( 1800 – 1877 ), who developed his own strain of the breed by careful breeding during the 19th century in England and to another Englishman, Mr. R. Purcell Llewellin ( 1840 – 1925 ), based his strain using Laverack's best dogs and outcrossed them with the Duke, Rhoebe and later Duke's littermate Kate bloodlines with the best results.

Interest in the breed was renewed during the rule of Napoleon III, but then waned until the late 19th century when it became the " common dog ", running the streets, accompanying the organ grinders of Barbary, leading the blind and doing tricks in circuses and fairs.

During the 19th century a breed of pig called Tamworth Pig was initially bred here using some imported Irish stock.

The earliest examples of the breed were white or occasionally brown or black, Queen Victoria adopted a small red Pomeranian in 1888, which caused that color to become fashionable by the end of the 19th century.

The Red Poll is a dual-purpose breed of cattle developed in England in the latter half of the 19th century.

The first Burmese cats in the late 19th century in Britain were considered Chocolate Siamese rather than a breed in their own right, and this view persisted for many years, encouraging cross-breeding between Burmese and Siamese and attempts to breed Burmese to more closely conform with the Siamese build.

The English Shepherd is an extremely versatile breed of working dog of the collie lineage, developed in the United States from farm dogs brought by English and Scottish settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries before fancy pedigrees became fashionable around the end of the 19th century.

However, by the end of the 18th century the white face characteristic of the modern breed was well established, and the modern colour was stabilised during the 19th century.

The Miniature Schnauzer is a breed of small dog of the Schnauzer type that originated in Germany in the mid-to-late 19th century.

For example, the OED records its use in 19th century poetic diction to describe flowers, " a variety of clay ironstone of the coal measures ", " the colour of raw silk ", and a breed of ray.

The Kennel Club settled on the name " Maltese " for the breed in the 19th century.

King Edward VII owned a Wire Fox Terrier from the Notts kennel called Caeser of Notts, which did a great deal to popularise the breed at the turn of the 19th to 20th century.

The German shorthaired pointer ( GSP ) is a breed of dog developed in the 19th century in Germany for hunting.

The German wirehaired pointer is a griffon type breed of dog developed in the 19th century in Germany for hunting.

But starting in the late 19th century the breed became increasingly common throughout Europe and the United States.

The Havana Brown, one of the breeds tentatively identified as the 19th Century Swiss Mountain cat, is a breed of cat well known and shown in England in the 1890s.