THE ST. BERNARD. 



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W. Volger, Buffalo, N. Y. ; John G. Venn, 617 West Lake 

 street, Chicago, 111.; John Van Velsor, Buffalo, N. Y.; 

 Charles G. Wheelock, Arlington Heights, Mass.; G-. P. 

 Wiggin, Lawrence, Mass.; E. H. Willson, Jordan, N. Y. ; 

 Wentworth Kennels, Utica, N. Y.; Woodbrook Kennels, 

 Box 602, Baltimore, Md. 



The special characteristics of the St. Bernard are his 

 immense size, his powerful muscular organization, his great 

 frame, deep and broad chest, his massive head and spacious 

 brain-pan, his heavy coat, his 

 courage, his unswerving devotion 

 to his human or canine friends, 

 his kind, benevolent disposition, 

 his sagacity, and his aversion to 

 or disregard of the attentions of 

 strangers. Several specimens of 

 this breed have reached a height 

 of thirty -four inches or more at 

 the shoulder, and a weight of 

 twa hundred pounds or over. 

 Plinlimmon is thirty-five inches 

 high, Sir Bedivere and Watch 

 are each more than thirty-four 

 inches, and many others are 

 over thirty-three inches. Vol- 

 umes could be filled with anecdotes and incidents of the 

 remarkable instinct, the superior judgment, the almost 

 human intellect, of the St. Bernard. The heroic services 

 rendered by these dogs in rescuing and aiding snow-bound 

 travelers in the Swiss Alps are too well known to require 

 further mention here. Hundreds of instances occurring in 

 our own country could be cited had we the space for them. 

 As showing the steadfast devotion of the St. Bernard for 

 his friends, I may recall the case of a boy who was drowned 

 in a lake in New York while skating. The body of the 

 grand old St. Bernard dog who had been the constant com- 

 panion of the boy was found at the bottom of the lake, near 

 that of his young master, and the indications pointed 



OTHO. 

 Owned by K. E. Hopf, Arlington, N. J. 



