THE ST. BERNARD. 



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typical rough bitch, bred from the Guide 

 strain, winning for him a number of prizes — 

 and amongst other successful breeders and 

 exhibitors were Mr. R. T. Thornton, Mr. 

 A. J. Gosling, Mr. J. W. Rutherglen, Mr. 

 G. W. Marsden, who is now the President 

 of the St. Bernard Club ; Mr. H. G. Sweet— 

 whose magnificent dog, Hesper, was the 

 sire of Miss Gres- 

 ham's Minstrel Boy 

 — Mr. T. Thorburn, 

 Mrs. Jones. Captain 

 Hargreaves, and Mr. 

 J. Royle, of Man- 

 chester, who gave 

 £470 for Lord Hath- 

 erton, a dog that was 

 catalogued at the 

 Birmingham Show at 

 £200, and after being 

 claimed by two or 

 three anxious pur- 

 chasers, was sold by 

 auction at the sum 

 mentioned. 



Then came a lull 

 in the popularity of 

 the breed until Dr. 

 Inman, in partner- 

 ship with Mr. B. 

 W a 1 m s 1 e y, estab- 

 lished a kennel first 

 at Barford, near Bath, 

 and then at The 



Priory, at Bowden, in Cheshire, where they 

 succeeded in breeding the finest kennel of 

 St. Bernards that has ever been seen in the 

 world. Dr. Inman had for several years 

 owned good dogs, and set about the work 

 on scientific principles. He, in conjunc- 

 tion with Mr. Walmsley, purchased the 

 smooth-coated Kenilworth from Mr. Loft, 

 bred that dog's produce with a brindle 

 Mastiff of high repute, and then crossed back 

 to his St. Bernards with the most successful 

 results. Dr. Inman was instrumental in 

 forming the National St. Bernard Club, 

 which, like the older society, was soon well 

 supported with members, and now has at 

 its disposal a good collection of valuable 

 challenge cups. The dogs bred at Bowden 



carried all before them in the show ring, 

 and were continually in request for stud 

 purposes, improving the breed to a remark- 

 able extent. 



At the disposal of Messrs. Inman and 

 Walmsley's kennel, there were such admir- 

 able dogs as the rough-coated Wolfram — 

 from whom were bred Tannhauser, Narcissus, 



MR. W. H. BENNETT'S 

 BY CH. KENILWORTH II 

 Photograph by Russell. 



CH. LORD METHUEN 



PRIMROSE LADY. 



Leontes and Klingsor — the smooth-coated 

 dogs, the King's Son and The Viking ; the 

 rough-coated bitch, Judith Inman, and the 

 smooth Viola, the last-named the finest 

 specimen of her sex that has probably ever 

 been seen. These dogs and bitches, with 

 several others, were dispersed all over 

 England, with the exception of Klingsor 

 who went to South Africa. 



Mr. J. W. Proctor, of Mobberley, pur- 

 chased Tannhauser and Viola, but they 

 are, unfortunately, both dead, as also are 

 Narcissus and Wolfram. Messrs. Scott and 

 Kostin, who bought Leontes and The Viking, 

 with Judith Inman, have been more fortu- 

 nate, as the two first-named are both alive 

 at this time of writing, the former one of 



