THE MASTIFF. 577 



Countess of Dunsmore, Ilford Comedy, Phaedra, Cambrian 

 Princess, Beaufort, Gerda, Moses, Rosalind, Prussian Prin- 

 cess, Lady Gladys, etc. 



The leading breeder in the country to-day is Mr. E. H. 

 Moore, of Melrose, Mass., with Ilford Chancellor as stud 

 dog, and his galaxy of brood bitches includes Cambrian 

 Princess, Lady Coleus, Lady Phyllis, Lady Margery, etc. ; a 

 collection not excelled either in England or in this country. 



Next in order comes Mr. J. L. Winchell, of Fair- 

 haven, Vt., with Beaufort, Gerda, Ben, etc.; followed by 

 Mr. R. P. H. Durkee, of Chicago, with Melrose Prince; Mr. 

 C. C. Cook, Canton, Ohio, with Moses (not the imported 

 dog of that name previously mentioned), Menglada, etc.; 

 Dr. George B. Ayres, of Omaha, Neb., with Edwy, Duke of 

 Connaught, Ilford Comedy; Mr. Charles E. Prinn, of Peoria, 

 111., with Ormonde, Phaedra, and Lady Colrey; Mr. Clinton 

 N. Powell, Omaha, with Edne, Donna, etc. 



Among other noted breeders, owners, or importers, may 

 be mentioned Messrs. E. B. Sears, Melrose, Mass. ; Caumsett 

 Kennels, 9 West Thirty-fifth street, New York City; Miss D. 

 E Halk, 453 East One Hundred and Sixteenth street, New 

 York City; W. E. Rothemel, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 

 111. ; F. A. Ehret, Ninety-second street, between Second and 

 Third avenues, New York City; J. B. Hefter, 419 East One 

 Hundred and Sixth street, New York City; W. A. Power, 

 266 Washington street, Boston, Mass.; C. A. Altmantferger, 

 Minden, Iowa; Huston Wyeth, St. Joseph, Mo. ; A. J. Maerz, 

 Buffalo, N. Y.; R. R. Oesterrich, Detroit, Mich.; Hugh 

 Falconer, Shelburne, Ontario. 



This list of leading breeders and owners is compiled 

 from memory, and if I have omitted any, it must be 

 laid to f orgetf ulness, not to intent. 



Certainly the Mastiff has come to stay. Other breeds of 

 large dogs may temporarily overshadow him, in point of 

 numbers or popular fancy, but the Mastiff has too firm a 

 position in the canine interests of the country he rep- 

 resents too much of the wealth of the canine world, and 

 is too highly appreciated by dog-fanciers of all classes to 

 ever be neglected, either at home or on the show bench. 



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