254 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



The illustrations are from well-known show dogs, and 

 are the best type of the Bloodhound of to-day. That of 

 the three puppies is from a photograph taken on the 

 day they were two months old. They are the average ones 

 of a litter of eleven which the dam raised without any 

 assistance. The sire was Burgho, dam Rosemary. They 

 are of the St. Hubert type, spoken of by Sir Walter Scott. 

 They are darker in color and generally larger and more 

 powerful than most of the breed. One of this litter, at six 

 months old, weighed over eighty pounds, had ears measur- 

 ing twenty-six inches, and his head was twelve inches long. 

 Champion Barnaby is one of the best all-round Blood- 

 hounds of England; his sire is Champion Nobleman, dam 

 Brevity. The red and tan Duchess of Ripple, and the 

 black and tan Rosemary, are proving themselves two of the 

 best breeding bitches of England. Duchess is a great 

 prize-winner, besides being the dam (6f more and greater 

 show dogs than any Bloodhound living. Her sire was Tim- 

 bush II. , dam Patti. Rosemary, her companion, has prob- 

 ably more of the Southern or St. Hubert blood than any 

 Bloodhound known. The illustration of Bono is from a 

 photograph taken when he was twelve months old. He is 

 strong in all Bloodhound points, but is particularly grand 

 in his head. He has been shown at all the principal bench 

 shows in the last year, and never beaten; besides winning 

 the principal prize at the greatest show at Manchester, 

 England, the challenge cup for the best sporting dog, 

 unanimously awarded by all the judges of the different 

 classes. A wonderful record for a dog of his age. I doubt 

 if there is a dog in England that can score as many points. 

 His dam was the Duchess of Ripple. The first kennel was 

 exhibited here by Mr. Edwin Brough at the Westminster 

 Kennel Club's Show, in New York, in February, 1888. 

 In it were Champion Barnaby and Duchess of Ripple. 

 Previous to this time, I can safely say there was not a fair 

 specimen ever exhibited at any of our shows. Probably 

 the reason of their not being introduced here before was 

 their scarcity and the price they commanded in England. 



