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Photo is dated 1925, western Kansas. The T appears to be a '15. Greyhounds for running down the coyotes.

Need them doggies out here! The coyotes were howling big time out behind our place at 4 a.m. today!

...Or a '16. It seems to have maintained a decent "straightness" over all. There are possibly some rumpled areas in the surface or perhaps that is simply photo distortion. A well cared for Ford should last many years.
Thanks
Rich

It appears to be an aluminum hood with paint flaking off many spots. Much of 1916 production had steel hoods. Detail isn't quite clear enough to enlarge as much as I would like to. However, I 'think' I might be able to see a fuzzy spot indicting an electric horn button on top of the steering column. So this car is likely a late 1915 or early 1916.

Great photo!
Thank you Rich and Rich and Tim!

I don't know about the perceived 1915-6 differences, but if I was a greyhound I'd be mighty offended by likening those mutts to me !!! They look like staghound cross breeds to me. I believe the English call that type of dog a lurcher.

Allan from down under.

Thanks for that, Allan, I learned a lot from your post. One source defines a lurcher as a cross-bred dog, generally a sight-hound (greyhound fills the bill) X a herding dog. You'll note these guys are hanging out with what appears to be a Border Collie. Predator control in Wyoming then as now would have been largely in the interest of sheepmen.

I don't believe an open-minded modern greyhound would be offended by these rugged, hard-working old-timers even if they weren't "racially pure"
Any road, through the intervening 96 years, most breeds today present a very different appearance from their working dog ancestors, having been bred as pets and show animals for the most part.

Rich, you are right about the way the breeders are buggering up breeds for showing. They put so much slope in the backlines of German shepherds the poor dogs developed deformed spines. I really hate the way they are fining down the labradors. You rarely see a big, strong, barrel chested labrador these days. Even the guide dogs are becoming smaller.
An Aussie equivalent to the dogs in the post might be the Kangaroo dogs formerly bred for roo hunting. These were usually greyhounds [for speed] crossed with deer/stag hounds [for strength].

Allan from down under.

Allan, you and I are of a mind ! I suppose it boils down to the humid bean's penchant for fiddling with practically everything in attempts to "improve" them, no matter how vain or counterproductive the result. Veering back to our main subject, you might say it's the root cause of the rub between "purists" and . . . ? guys who use Marvel Mystery Oil ?

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Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:16 pm

Rich, you are right about the way the breeders are buggering up breeds for showing. They put so much slope in the backlines of German shepherds the poor dogs developed deformed spines. I really hate the way they are fining down the labradors. You rarely see a big, strong, barrel chested labrador these days. Even the guide dogs are becoming smaller.
An Aussie equivalent to the dogs in the post might be the Kangaroo dogs formerly bred for roo hunting. These were usually greyhounds [for speed] crossed with deer/stag hounds [for strength].

Allan from down under.

Thought you enjoy a pictures of my daughters English labrador -so people understand