THE ST. BERNARD. 



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of five centuries so glorious a notoriety 

 throughout Europe that they well merit the 

 name of a distinct race for themselves." 

 From the same authority we learn that it 



Continent and made them take a part in his 

 attractive entertainment ; but the associa- 

 tions of the St. Bernard with the noble 

 deeds recorded in history were not then so 



is something like six hundred years since the widely known, and these two dogs passed 



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MRS. A. H. PARKER'S ROUGH-COATED BITCH, CH. CH RYSANTH E ME 



BY CH, EGMONT NAMELESS. 



BRED BY MESSRS. INMAN AND WALMSLEY. 



St. Bernard came into existence. It was 

 not, however, till competitive exhibitions 

 for dogs had been for some years established 

 that the St. Bernard gained a footing in 

 Great Britain. A few specimens had been 

 imported from the Hospice before Mr. 

 dimming Macdona (then the Rev. Cumming 

 Macdona) introduced us to the celebrated 

 Tell, who, with others of the breed brought 

 from Switzerland, formed the foundation of 

 his magnificent kennel at West Kirby, in 

 Cheshire. Albert Smith, whom some few 

 that are now alive will remember as an 

 amusing lecturer, brought a pair from the 

 Hospice when returning from a visit to the 



away without having created any par- 

 ticular enthusiasm. 



Later on, at a dog show at Cremorne 

 held in 1863, two St. Bernards were ex- 

 hibited, each of whom rejoiced in the name 

 of Monk, and were, respectively, the pro- 

 perty of the Rev. A. N. Bate and Mr. W. H. 

 Stone. These dogs were exhibited without 

 pedigrees, but were said to have been 

 bred at the Hospice of St. Bernard. Three 

 years later, at the National Show at Bir- 

 mingham, a separate class was provided for 

 the saintly breed, and Mr. Cumming Macdona 

 was first and second with Tell and Bernard. 

 This led to an immediate popularity of the 



