V Beowulf
SchH III S.Z.
10
V Beowulf SchH III S.Z. 10
Born: October 3rd, 1899
Most Important Prodigy:
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"Looking at pictures of Beowolf 10 and Pilot 111 it is seen that both have good feet, rather upright pasterns and well angled shoulder assemblies. Their heads are much the same as at present but the nobility had not yet developed. Both look high in the rear with a hollow back. They probably had good front reach within the capacity of those rears to drive the whole body forward |
My guess, based on observance of other breeds in transition,
is that they lifted their hind legs as they pushed forward with an awkward
drive and follow through. This is characteristic of animals that are insufficient
in rear bone length. They are unable to put together much rear push. From
a straight on position they probably would move clean with neither front
nor rear throwing anything out of the straight line of the columns of
bone. This was the time of Von Stephanitz the cavalry officer, who was
used to sound horses
Breeding stock quality improved with Jokel von Schwetzingen HGH, who was
probably one of the best sons of Beowolf. It looks like he had as good
a front as his sire, a better and straighter back, more style and though
still lacking in rear angles, this dog gives the impression that he would
gait with long ground covering strides. There appears to be nothing that
would lead one to suspect he would not move cleanly. His legs and pasterns
appear straight. Perhaps today's judges would consider him to move with
not enough spring or give in pastern. I would not agree and would expect
the dog to be most efficient in movement."
Gordon Garrett
Author of German Shepherd Dog History
"Beowulf's particular value was in the bitches he produced, and from
him came the line to Geri v. Oberlamm and thence to Cito Bergerslust and
Attilos Argos"
~Author Unknown
Beowulf was a squarely built, strong dog with a good shoulder and strong ears. He was overbuilt like most dogs of the era and had a rather steep croup. However he was to form a sound basis for development and much of the credit given to Horand v. Grafrath might more correctly have been allotted to Beowulf"
"Beowulf had extensive stud opportunities--107 litters producing 304 progeny. He sired the 1905 Sieger and the four Siegrins who between them won all titles from 1902 to 1906."
~Author Unknown