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CreatedWang Yun, 'Criticism about Pekingese Dogs,' (c.1905).
1905
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‘Criticism about Pekingese Dogs.
Good Qualities.
Head – should be large, & proportionate to the body.
Breast – should be wide.
Ear – should be big.
Neck – should be short.
Eyes – should be prominent.
Legs – should be short, & much better if the two front ones bending over out so as to form a circle.
Tail – should wind upwards, & not be inclined to either way.
Nose – should turn upwards.
Colours.
Yellow & white
Black & white
} Equally distinguished (first class) [pencil: ‘Hei T’an Kun (Black Coal Stick)’]
Whole black (we call [characters]) [pencil: ‘Chin Mao K’ung] – (second class)
Whole yellow (we call [characters]) [pencil: ‘Golden haired excellence’] – (second class)
Red & fox or wolf colours – (third class)
Extra coloured
Whole black – with a small round white mark just over the top of the head we call [characters] [pencil: ‘Yü Ting (Gem button)’]
Whole black – with four white paws or legs, we call [characters] [pencil: ‘Hsüch-li-chan (stood-in-the-snow)’
Blemishes or incompleteness
One white leg or paw (we call [characters] [pencil: ‘Ku Chao (orphan paw)’] – worst.
Red nose (we call [characters]) [pencil: ‘T’u pi (Bald nose)’] – worst
One white mark from the forehead to the nose (we call [characters]) [pencil: ‘Pai Pi Liang (White nose ridge)’]
Lame, or blind or any other kind of blemishes not natural (we call [characters]) [pencil: ‘Chüch[?] Chien (Defect blemish)’]
[pencil: ‘These notes were written by Ms. Wang Yün (formerly of the Imperial Chinese Legation London) who judged Pekingese at the Pekingese club show in 1905.’]’
[enclosed with above (in same hand as that attributed to ‘Ms. Wang Yün’ above):]
‘Chinese Pugs
1. Are called ha pa kou [characters] or pa kow [characters] [pencil: ‘meaning unknown’]
2. Short-haired are preferred to long-haired.
3. Best colour is yellow & white – skewbald, called the hsi ng’ich, or apricot dog. [characters]
4. The bridge of the nose must not be yellow.
5. Black & white come second.
6. The long-haired pug is called Shih-Tzŭ Kow
7. Best colour for lion dog [characters] is yellow.
Yellow with black spots is called tien tzŭ kow. [characters] [pencil: ‘Tien-tzŭ Kow (spotted dog)’]
8. Black dog with white teeth or any dog with different feet, or any dog with different feet to body colour is acceptable, but all feet must be the same. One coloured foot is called [character] [pencil: ‘Ku Chua-tzŭ (orphan paw)’]’
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SentWang Yun to G. Brown, 10th April 1905.
10 Apr 1905
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‘Dear Mr Brown,
Your kind letter with Miss Emythe’s [sic] enclosed reached me this evening. I don’t mind my photograph being reproduced & appeared, but I am sorry to say that as my good photos in single have all been given away, I have only left two bad ones & another in a group taken by my friend. Herewith I enclose them to you for the delivery on my behalf, to Miss Emythe [sic], who, if she finds any one of them suitable for use, may have it reproduced as she likes, & need not return to me the two single ones, but the one in the group. Should no one be suitable for reproduction, please let me know, & I may have a new one taken.
Please kindly excuse my having made a lot of mistakes on the way of judging of the Pekingese dogs the other day, as I could not keep committing them, because it was quite a new experience & an arduous task to me. When I was judging of the first class, I found that I was on the horns of a dilemma, & nearly dead at the spot. While standing up for giving the death blow, I feel my eyes rather blind, & could hardly see which one was the best. I should say that I took trouble for the purpose, & prefer to be blamed for being ignorant to being negligent. This lesson taught me a lot, & put an end once and for all to my consenting to such undertaking and more. Truly it is difficult.
Now I beg to tell you frankly that I had dismissed three dogs with unkindness on that day. – One black dog, very nicely looking, & distinguished in colour; but one eye was hurt or blind – one reddish yellow dog, well proportionately, I three times wished to put it at the first place; but red-nosed. – One deep yellow dog, with large head, wide breast, & short legs; but with one white paw.
If I would judge of them by the way of giving numbers separately according to the different parts of their bodies, those three might have chance especially the black one.
At present any criticism is useless, & I still feel disgusted about the mistakes that I might have done. But the only thing I can do for paying all the penalties is to make appologise [sic] to those whose good dogs were dismissed by me.
It is very kind of you that you are going to invite me to lunch, but I am extremely sorry to say that I am very busy in the Legation. We are not sorting out & reproducing all the despatches & documents that we have received & issued during the last three years in order to hand them over to the new minister who will soon come. I gratefully accept your kindness, & anticipate many thanks to you.
With kind regards,
Yours very truly,
H.P. Wang Yun.’
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