Dalmatian History
During the historical century, there has always been a strong connection existent between British dog fanciers and the Dalmatian. It is said that these dogs have been recognized there for the past 200 years, and there has even been study of a theory that they are actually partially descended from the first English hunting hounds, the Talbot in specific, so similar are they to these dogs in type, personality, and hunting capability.
Quite possibly a century or two ago there was some Talbot blood infused into the European dogs who, by their remarkable look, caught the eyes of travelers from Great Britain, then gained their admiration by their brains, along with their strong watch dog tendencies, and therefore were brought back to Britain with the tourists. There seems no disputing the fact that the Dalmatian has his heredity in very prehistoric times, and that the evolutions in the breed have been plentiful.
When, in 1860, Great Britain held its second dog show there were simply five breeds represented. These included Dalmatians, and so far as history records, this was the breed’s first appearance in dog show contest. Were it not for a gentleman named Fred Kemp, who was President of the British Dalmatian Club and a third generation owner of this breed with which he himself was concerned for more than half a century, Dalmatians might not have survived World War I.
Mr. Kemp is qualified with having kept alive dogs in his kennel throughout the difficult and in many cases disturbing period between 1914 and the Armistice in 1918, provided that breeding stock at the end of this era. It is exciting to consider what happened to Dalmatians in England at the close of World War I. They fairly leaped ahead in fame, the two Dalmatians registered with the Kennel Club in 1918 having amplified to 125 by 1925 and to 889 by 1932. When the world well-known dog show resumed, following World War I, there were two Dalmatians entered. In 1934, no less than 199 Dalmatian entries filled the classes for the breed, of which 15 were provided.
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