Dog On Cover Page Of Book Published 1990 by L’Orsa

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The first Italian national convention on Cane Corso was held on June 16 & 17, 1990 at Civitella Alfedena in Italy. The proceedings of this meeting were published by L’ORSA 1990 under the book title ‘IL Cane Corso Caratteristiche e contributi per la definizione dello standard’.

The front cover page of this 1990 IL Cane Corso book is a dog with chain. There is no caption for this cover page in this book regarding the name of this dog, its owner and its breeder.

 

And as usual without any supporting evidence claimed these so called Corso-connoisseurs in the US: ‘The dog on the cover of the first Cane Corso book written in 1990 was a dog named Nerone, who was owned by Michael Sottile until the day he died but he never told anyone where he got Nerone’.

 

The agenda of such claim by these so-called corso-connoisseurs in the US is aimed to add credence to the imports by Sottile Sr. However, since there is no caption for this cover page stating the name of the dog and owner, without supporting evidence, isn’t it that anyone can claim any name regarding this dog and its owner?

 

The same picture appeared in an SACC monograph titled ‘Testimonianze Visive e Grafiche Di Un Amico Ritrovato: “IL Corso” (1536 - e la storia continua - 1993)’ by Dott. Flavio Bruno and Sig. Giovanni Tumminelli published 1994, under the section ‘Anni dal 1930 al 1960 ca’, or Year 1930s to 1960s. Caption of this picture says ‘Esemplare rustico (Foto Indiveri) Bari’ ie. exemplary rustic corso from Bari (Indiveri’s Photo).

 

Is this cover page dog of the L’ORSA book really the dog Nerone owned by Sottile Sr. as claimed? No evidence known. But if it were, wouldn’t Nerone be entitled an entry to the Guinness Records for longevity?

 

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