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dale as we find, made his debut about this time in 

 Leicester and ran second to Ch. Rock Salt. 

 Monarch was undeveloped, but six months later 

 at Alexandra Palace he came to his own and after 

 that his show record in England was an unbroken 

 string of firsts. He was a grand terrier almost 

 faultless his coat waved a bit and his critics 

 used to say he was " so fine he was bitchy." 

 Just to mention some of his pups shows what he 

 was at stud: Ch. Broadlands, Royal Descendant, 

 Ch. Tone Regent, Ch. Clonmel Bed Rock, Claver- 

 house Enchantress, Clonmel Coronation, and 

 Strathallan Solace. Ch. Rock Salt, mentioned 

 as the conqueror of Monarch, was a good one 

 whom Americans know best through Ch. The New 

 King, his son, who has done so well for the New 

 England fancier, Mr. Arthur Merritt. 



Ch. Tone Masterpiece known here as Ch. 

 York Masterpiece, for Mr. Offerman gave him 

 his own kennel's prefix was a dog of ups and 

 downs, but he was an honest champion, who just 

 missed being great. His son (bred in England) 

 Floriform was another good dog who did things 

 in New York in the early years of the new cen- 

 tury where he was owned by Mr. Offerman and 

 later by Mr. Brookfield. Floriform was the sire 

 of Ch. Engaflora, the first great American bitch. 



In 1908 two good but unfortunate sons of Clon- 



