He sent me a pm sometime ago I think he was a little surprised by my reply. His comment was "you appear to have read some books". My reply was " I can read and write".
When I mentioned Florence Amherst, who introduced salukis to this country in the1890's, and who owned great dogs such as Zobeid,and Farhan from Southern Arabia ,[ Mrs Amherst was the first president of the saluki club and was writing about them as early as 1907 ] he did not respond. Mrs Amhersts prefix was Amherstia and to promote the breed she bred her best dogs with the Sarona prefix and another prominent one, El Nablo