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ZARDINS (MOTI) LITTER 1912
(By Steve Tillotson March 2020)
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Earlier in this section (page 1) we mentioned Zardin Offspring. Recently (March 2020) we discovered an exciting photo of a Zardin litter whelped in 1912. We have consolidated the information from the previous page and some new info onto this page.
This is the only photo known to us of Afghan Hounds /bred at Mr Shackleton's kennel in Leadenhall Marke, Londont. The photo is dated 27 June 1912 and depicts an adult female Afghan hound and two puppies.. Of particular interest is the white puppy bottom left as we believe this to be "Moti", Zardins daughter.
Some background to Moti - John Bloor, Chairman of Midland AHC (UK) and Breed Notes correspondent fo UK r "Our Dogs" newspaper informed us several years ago - "I just came across this extract fromTthe UK Breed Notes dated 23rd June,1950" -
"I am grateful to Mr. Norman G. Haddon for the following:- “Concerning your enquiry about a daughter of Zardin called Moti, I may be able to help you. I had a daughter of Zardin (in I think 1912) and named her Moti. I fancy you may have seen a snapshot of her which I gave to Miss de B.-Levy. (AHT Note - the photo was published in Hubbards book ((facing page 5) with further info from Hubbard on page 23 of his book.). I think Moti and one sister were the only survivors of a litter bred by Mr. Shackleton (an animal dealer who acquired the hounds from Capt Barff) and he sold these two to Captain Hamilton in Dublin, who was a breeder of Bulldogs and Great Danes. Moti came to me in September 1912 and was a lovely typical Afghan. but suffered from a recurrent form of skin trouble. I kept her until war broke out in 1914 and then gave her to Mr. Styles in, Birmingham, who kept Danes and Borzois. He had more trouble with the skin disease and eventually had her put to sleep.
The date of the new photo above (June 1912) is consistent with Mr Haddens report above of his owning Moti bred by Shackleton in 1912. We can't be sure the new photo is Moti but we feel pretty confident it is her.
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This new photograph is itself historic as it is the first photo of Shackletons kennel quarters and his breeding we have seen. We have waited decades for such a fortutious find. It raises our hopes that other photos might exist and turn up some time in the future
Steve Tillotson
Afghan Hound Times, March 2020
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