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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



In his article on the Newfoundland (p. 74) 

 Captain Bailey quotes McGregor (1832) : 

 "The smooth short-haired dog so much 

 admired in England as a Newfoundland 



RUFUS. 



From " The Sporting Magazi. 



The philosophic Blaine, in his " Encyclo- 

 paedia of Rural Sports " (1852), drew a dis- 

 tinction — the opposite, be it observed, from 

 what is commonly accepted to-day : " The 

 Newfoundland dog is a Spaniel 

 much employed on the southern 

 coasts of our kingdom, and there 

 appear to be two distinct breeds 

 of them — one from Labrador, and 

 another from St. John's. The Lab- 

 rador dog is very large, rough- 

 haired, and carries his tail high. 

 . . . The St. John's breed is that to 

 be preferred by the sportsman on 

 every account, being smaller, more 

 easily managed, and sagacious in 

 the extreme. His scenting powers 

 are also great." Then he goes on 

 to say : " Some years ago these 

 dogs ^could be readily procured 

 at Poole." It is interesting to 

 find that the principal branch of 

 business at Poole at that time 

 dog ... is a cross breed," and, I think, was in connection with the Newfoundland 

 rightly assumes that the reference was to fisheries. 



Labradors. McGregor was not a reliable I have an old sporting paper with a 



authority on such a subject, and sufficient report of the Crystal Palace Show of 1872. 

 of him is quoted to show it. 

 Much more to the point is 

 the extract from Youatt (1845) 

 which immediately follows it. 



In The Sporting Magazine of 

 July, 1832, appeared a picture 

 of " Rufus, a celebrated Re- 

 triever," reproduced in this 

 column. Of him it is said, 

 " Rufus is a mixed breed be- 

 tween the Pointer and New- 

 foundland dog. His portrait 

 has the character of the latter 

 very visible, small eye, visage 

 rather long, small ear, and stern 

 well flocked ; but his legs have 

 that of the first, clean and well 

 formed. His name is a mis- 

 nomer, being decidedly a black 

 dog." It requires small effort 

 of the imagination to picture 

 the type of Newfoundland 



dog which played such a prominent part This is an extract from it : " The Retrievers 

 in the production of "Rufus." . . . were most extensively represented; 



THE HON 



BY SIXTY SCOTTIE. 



Photograph by C. Reid, Wisha 



HOLLAND HIBBERTS MUNDEN SENTRY 



