LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Count Frederick, property of J. C. Weess, Arlington Kennels, 



Iowa ......... Cover Design 



Ch. Minting (Mastiff) ....... 



GREAT DANES 



FACING PAGE 



Gaston Phoebus and his dogs ....... 538 



The Alauntz. The Mastins ....... 538 



Hunting Scene by Antonius Tempesta ..... 540 



The Boar Hunt by Snyders ....... 542 



The Wolf Hunt by Desportes ....... 544 



The Wolf at Bay by Oudry ....... 544 



Boar Hunt by Ridinger ........ 544 



Pyrenean Sheep Dog ........ 544 



Buffon's Matin and grand Danois ...... 546 



Study of a Dog by Vittore Pisano . . . . . . 546 



Bronze Dog by Benvenuto Cellini ...... 546 



The Danish Dog by Sydenham Edwards ..... 546 



Wurtemberg Great Danes of the '8o's . . . . 551 



Major McKinley II., Thor. H., Senta, Ch. Portia Melac, Butler 



and Prince, Earl of Wurtemberg ..... 553 



Present day Danes in England ....... 555 



Ch. Sandor vom Inn ........ 557 



Signa . ......... 557 



Ch. Guido of Broughton ........ 558 



Ch. Dagobert .......... 558 



MASTIFFS 



Van Dyck's "Mastiff" ........ 560 



Velasquez Mastiff ......... 560 



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