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T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W
Saada, by Pierre Mégnin, 1890, France.
Description by Pierre Mégnin, in “Les Races
de Chiens”, Bibliothèque de l’Éleveur.
“….Saada (in Arabic: happiness, satisfaction
of the soul) who belongs today to
Commander Schedé, was given to him by
Commander Echemann, who had received
the father and the mother as a present
from the Caid of Tripolitania in Tunisia.
The father was named Schraf (Arabic name
of the amber necklace worn by the women
around their necks), he was fawn, of
exceptional pure breeding and tall in
stature; he had many scars made by the
tusks of wild boar and jackal teeth.
Ferocious and extraordinarily courageous,
he strangled in his life many a calf and foal,
and no one could enter his master’s
home.
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Saada’s mother was a Sloughia bred
for hare hunting, white as milk,
coquettish, aristocratic, and charming.
She was named Agiza (beloved); she was
very gentle but would gladly attack sheep
or goats.
The worth of this pair of Sloughis was
considerable and the Caid of Tripolitania
was well aware of the importance of the
present he was giving to Commander
Echemann, for he had offered him the
choice between this pair of dogs and a
pair of his best horses….”
Pierre Mégnin was a well-known
cynologist and canine judge of that era.
Submitted and translated by
M.-Dominique Crapon de Caprona, USA.