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T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W
FOREWORD
BY M.-DOMINIQUE CRAPON DE CAPRONA - USA
It is my pleasure to introduce the 9th
issue of the Sloughi Review which
focuses again on history, ancient and
recent and in the last contribution on
antique history, hunting, genetics and
breeding as well.
Dr. Monika Dahncke (Roshanzamir) tells
us first of the tale behind the town of
"Sloughia" in Tunisia.
An elderly Moroccan Sloughia’s scary
adventure in the wild American Midwest
follows.
Jack William Lewis then reminds us of the
role Sloughis played in the USA in the
creation of the popular sighthound sport
of non-commercial straight racing when
he founded the Large Gazehound Racing
Association in 1995. The statistics of that
sport are updated at the end of his text.
A walk down memory lane takes us to the
outstanding achievements in American
straight racing of two very special
Sloughis bred and born in the USA;
achievements that created quite a stir,
and to some extent anger, in the
sighthound sport community at the time.
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Finally, Thomas Liedtke takes us on a
journey through antique Roman mosaics,
the potential relationships of the hounds
chasing game on such mosaics with
antique and current sighthound breeds
and hunting practices.
He shows us the genetic differences
revealed by the MARS DNA tests and
other studies between Galgo español,
Sloughi, Saluki and Azawakh.
He explains the breeding framework of
another Sighthound breed in Africa and
how it could serve as a template to
improve Sloughi breeding.
Thomas Liedtke also raises the question
as to whether the current selection of
Sloughis in shows truly represents the
breed as it is found in North Africa.
As always, many thanks to all who
contributed, and I hope readers
appreciate the writers’ and publishers’
efforts in bringing to you such interesting
material.