596 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Sir Edwin Landseer, in his painting entitled "A Dis- 

 tinguished Member of the Humane, Society," represented a 

 black and white dog of the Newfoundland type, which 

 made this variety very popular for a time, on account of 

 which the English bench-show committees were compelled 

 to make a separate class for them, calling them the Land- 

 seer Newfoundland. In England, this dog was esteemed 

 highly as a companion, his color and markings making 

 him a very attractive dog, his gentleness and devotion 

 being unsurpassed. To Dr. Gordon Stables belongs the 

 honor of first naming this breed the Landseer Newfound- 

 land. There are very few, if any, dogs of this breed in 

 this country, and as a matter of fact they are not recog- 

 nized as a distinct breed by our bench- show committees, 

 they making no classes for them. 



Some years ago, Master Willis Hoyt, Aurora, 111., had a 

 fine Newfoundland dog, who always accompanied his 

 young master to school, carrying the boy's lunch-basket. 

 On the way to school, the young man was compelled to 

 cross a bridge over a small river, and in warm weather 

 it was the invariable custom of the dog to leave his basket 

 on the bridge while he took a bath, to cool himself off. 

 One morning, one of the other lads took the basket and 

 hid it, for the purpose of annoying the dog and seeing 

 what he would do. The dog hunted around for some 

 time, and finally the lad gave the basket to him. The 

 next morning, when the dog arrived at the bridge, he did 

 not propose to have his basket tampered with, therefore he 

 kept possession of it and plunged into the water, basket and 

 contents being thoroughly wetted. His young master, 

 seeing the damage that had been done, said to the dog, 

 "Now, you take that basket home, and get me another 

 dinner." The dog took the basket home, but did not return 

 with the lad's dinner, for his people at home could not 

 make out why the dinner was wet, or what the dog 

 wanted. No doubt he would have taken the basket to his 

 young master if it had again been filled. 



A number of years ago, Mr. Rochester, of Rochester, 



