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him from England to Canada about 1837, which he left there 

 on his return, taking only a son, Lion, who was afterward 

 the sire of the noted Lukey's Governor, and considerable 

 of this stock was scattered over this country, some going 

 as far west as St. Louis, Mo. ; but no traces can be found 

 of them further than this. The earliest importations of 

 stock of known breeding and high pedigree, of which any 

 records have been kept, were those of Mr. Underwood and 

 Mr. E. Delafield Smith, of Newark, N. J., who bought 

 some dogs from Mr. Frank Heinzman, of Bradford, Eng- 

 land. The pedigrees of these dogs are thoroughly estab- 

 lished and given in full, and their breeding was of the 

 highest order. A curious mistake, however, occurred 

 therein, in printing "Ornaker" for ''Quaker." Any pedi- 

 grees running (as many do) to Delafield Smith's strain 

 may be accepted as genuine and valuable. Mr. R. L. 

 Belknap and Gen. S. L. M. Barlow, of New York, also 

 imported several Mastiffs some fifteen or twenty years 

 since; but the pedigrees of such of Mr. Belknap' s as I 

 have seen are unsatisfactory, while those of General 

 Barlow's Ruth and others are clear and correct. 



Mr. W. H. Lee, of Boston, made an important record as 

 a Mastiff breeder about 1883, owning Turk, a fine dog of 

 the older type, and having imported Ilford Cromwell. 

 Dr. J. W. Alsop, of Middletown, Conn., also did good serv- 

 ice about the same time, importing Boadicea, by Rajah; 

 and the Pelham Manor Kennels, by importing Cato and 

 Queen II. Mr. Charles H. Morgan, of Worcester, Mass., 

 imported Duchess of Connaught, and Mr. Herbert Mead, 

 of LakeWaccabuc, N. Y., imported Princess Royal, Aydah, 

 and Fairy. 



The most decided impetus to Mastiff interests of late 

 years was given by the starting of the Ashmont Kennels, 

 of Boston, Mass., by Dr. J. Frank Perry, with such dogs 

 as Hero II., Ilford Cromwell, Lorna Doone, Bal-Gal, etc., 

 which may be said to have started the movement that led 

 to the importation of such dogs as Ilford Caution, Minting, 

 Alonzo, Ilford Chancellor, Lady Coleus, Lady Phyllis, 



