THE NEWFOUNDLAND. 



81 



proper conditions of food and quarters, they 

 are easy to rear. 



The Newfoundland Club scale of points 

 for judging is as follows : 



Head 34 points : — 



Shape of skull ... 8 

 Ears . . . .10 



Eyes .... 8 



Muzzle 



Body 66 points : — 

 Neck 

 Chest 



Shoulders . 

 Loin and back . 

 Hind quarters and tail 

 Legs and feet . 

 Coat 



Size, height, and general ap 

 pearance 



Total points 



8—34 



Her patience and skill have been repaid, 

 and this lady now holds a very strong 

 hand in Newfoundlands. Viking attained 

 high honour on the first occasion of his 

 being shown. At the Crystal Palace, Oc- 

 tober, 1904, he won first prizes in Open 

 and Limit classes, the silver cup for the 

 best black dog, and also the Championship. 

 He is still an unbeaten dog, and is likely 

 to be as famous in the Stud Book as his 

 grandsire King Stuart. 



The other black Newfoundland illustrated 

 is Champion Gipsy Princess (p. 76), who was 

 owned by Miss E. Goodall. This bitch 

 was first shown, I think, at Earl's Court in 

 1899, at the age of about ten months, 

 and created quite a sensation among New- 

 foundland breeders. The successful career 

 then commenced was continued throughout 

 her life. It is an unfortunate fact that 



Five of the illustrations in this 

 chapter are of typical cham- 

 pions of the breed. Taking the 

 head of Champion King Stuart 

 (K.C.S.B. 36,708) first, this is 

 portrayed as the type of head 

 required. There is a slight 

 defect in the photograph, due 

 to refraction, the smooth, shiny 

 black hair at the stop having 

 glistened in the light, thus 

 preventing the depth of the 

 stop and the formation of the 

 dome from being justly seen. 

 This dog had an almost un- 

 paralleled record on the show 

 bench. He was the sire of 

 Mr. Horsfield's very typical 

 dog, Champion Bowdon Per- 

 fection, of Mr. Critchley's 

 charming bitch, Champion Lady 

 Buller, and the grandsire, on both 

 sire and dam's side, of Cham- 

 pion Shelton Viking (p. 82). 



Viking was bred by Mrs. 

 Vale Nicolas, of Worksop, who 

 at one time owned King Stuart, 

 and was firm in her resolve to 

 breed to that type of head. 



MR. C. GOODMAN'S MISS 

 BY CH, CANONBURY ROVE 



Photograph by Russell. 



