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THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Dogge, I quote some extracts from a communication to the 

 American Field. One in the issue of September 14, 1889, 

 from Baltimore, signed "Wisp," reads as follows: 



The recent importation of several fine specimens of the Great Dane, by a 

 gentleman of this city, has created more than a passing interest in this noble 

 breed of dogs. I was attracted to this breed, a few years ago by witnessing a 

 most remarkable case of transition of temperament, i. e., from a playful mood 



Owned by Mr Pai 



JUNO. 

 Meiker, 78 State street, Chicago. 



to one of intense earnestness and courage I was walking along a suburban 

 road, and saw ahead of me two little children crawling and climbing all over a 

 large, fallow-colored, supple-looking dog, that seemed to enjoy the romp as 

 much as the children. It was an engaging picture, and the more I looked 

 the more interested I became in the "kind " of dog; for when I first looked I 

 thought, "What an athletic-built Mastiff that is;" yet, on closer observation, 

 I knew it could not be the ordinary English Mastiff, for his head was not so 

 broad, and was carried more proudly on a longer neck, and higher; and the 

 way he jumped over those children, and stood aside, grandly erect, a moment, 



