CONTENTS 



PART VIII 



CHAPTER XXXIX PAGE 535 



THE GREAT DANE: Buffon's description The true descendant 

 of the Molossian dog and the Alaunts Illustrations from 

 1450 to 1750 Height of the early Danes, and opinions of 

 Gustav Lang and Rawdon B. Lee Francis Butler and 

 Prince shown to Queen Victoria Germans introduce 

 the breed in America Prominent show dogs from 1880 

 to date The leading large dog of the country Desir- 

 able points of conformation Descriptive particulars. 



CHAPTER XL PAGE 549 



THE MASTIFF: Meaning and origin of the name French Mastins 

 not connected except by name and its application Van- 

 dyck's large dogs not Mastiffs Caius's description and 

 grouping of Mastiffs Bewick's Mastiff and its copies The 

 baiting and fighting Mastiffs by Howitt Landseer's 

 Alpine Mastiff Buffon's dogue de forte race All Mastiff 

 pedigrees trace back to Danes, Alpine and Thibet Mas- 

 tiffs, and a few unknown of the Howitt type Pedigree 

 of Wallace's Turk and what it leads back to The Lynne 

 Hall Mastiff Luckey's start, a Thibet Mastiff The 

 Thompson line equally vague Crown Prince and his 

 descendants The breed in America, its popularity twenty 

 years ago and present low status Standard and scale of 

 points. 



