Smithfield Lurcher

[forest of dean redneck 11,824]

800 years of breeding lol I think basically any dog nearby been added to the tumbler strain.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

I can think of half a dozen farm curs within 5 miles of here, that put to a longdog saturated line of lurchers that would turn out stock with the attributes, physical and mental, that Burrell claims to have a monopoly of. I like the type, but those "Smithfields and Tumblers" are for romantic fantasists, who haven't got room for a deer or wolfhound.

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

http://www.lurchers.org.uk/smithfielddrover.html

I'd like to see that lump beat greyhounds over 150 yards.

[Blueboybilly 164]

 

 

http://www.lurchers.org.uk/smithfielddrover.html

I'd like to see that lump beat greyhounds over 150 yards.

So would I.. ???

[gamerooster 1,179]

If these dogs did exist, my guess is they where herding botches put to a greyhound dog, that way they'd keep the whole litter as greyhounds weren't easily come by,,and a litter usually takes after the female side on certain crosses, I think it was typp ratcher who bred his collie greyhounds this way and they certainly were decent animals

[greenshank1 407]

Hard times, hard men and even harder dogs..

Bit of Scottish history , one of the main droves came off Skye and they gathered the highland cattle , fitting some with shoes !! before swimming them across the narrows at Kylerhea . They then drove them all the way to market at Crieff (look at a map) . This is an epic walk and would indeed take a certain type of man and dog to deliver on time with cattle and sheep in good condition.

Sadly many a drover was hung on the gallows at Crieff as the gulf between highland and lowlander // town and country grew . For every highlander / drover they hung they hammered a iron nail into a few nearby trees and apparently when finally the tree surgeons felled the trees they dug out a few hundred nails and many more had rusted together.

After the market the drovers walked all the way home and on the hill at Kylerhea there are stones with tally marks where they were finally paid and the money divided .

Hard times , hard men and hard dogs , indeed.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Thanks for that amazing input Greenshank...real interesting...

Edited October 19, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[boyo 1,398]

Riohog. No unicorns left anymore bud the Dragons ate them!! Atb

[tatsblisters 10,599]

I find it intresting the take on these Smithfeild.Norfolk.type lurchers my own opinion it was and is all part of a sales pitch tbh.Nobody could give me answers in the early 80s when I penned a letter to the then shooting news though Aubry Fryer came out with his opinions butt my opinion of him was he was another peddlar full of shit tbh.

[gnipper 6,612]

Smithfield at stud, 500 a mating

[Chid 6,653]

Smithfield at stud, 500 a mating

I have a merle Smithfield at stud £550

[Wild-Bill 500]

http://www.pets4homes.co.uk/classifieds/1366800-norfolk-lurcher-puppies-wellingborough.html

[Chicken_man 1,651]

 

Hard times, hard men and even harder dogs..

Bit of Scottish history , one of the main droves came off Skye and they gathered the highland cattle , fitting some with shoes !! before swimming them across the narrows at Kylerhea . They then drove them all the way to market at Crieff (look at a map) . This is an epic walk and would indeed take a certain type of man and dog to deliver on time with cattle and sheep in good condition.

Sadly many a drover was hung on the gallows at Crieff as the gulf between highland and lowlander // town and country grew . For every highlander / drover they hung they hammered a iron nail into a few nearby trees and apparently when finally the tree surgeons felled the trees they dug out a few hundred nails and many more had rusted together.

After the market the drovers walked all the way home and on the hill at Kylerhea there are stones with tally marks where they were finally paid and the money divided .

Hard times , hard men and hard dogs , indeed.

Would the dogs be Beardie types back then?

Atb

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

I believe that some of the Drover's dogs might resemble the Beardie,.whilst others may have exhibited the look of a bare-skinned Huntaway,...a pretty varied bunch of herders I should think.

Edited October 25, 2016 by Phil Lloyd

[Chicken_man 1,651]

I like the look of that hound Phill, hell of a jacket on it

Atb