122 THE MASTIFF FOR BAITING PURPOSES. 



art was only an old shoemaker, and paragraph cobbler. 

 Historical facts cannot be refuted, and the Solomon and 

 water-like jibes and attempts to be satirical only fall back on 

 themselves, showing their ignorance and presumption. 



It will readily be seen for baiting purposes, while size in 

 the mastiff meant power, at the same time mere size without 

 proportionate muscular development and bulk, with the 

 characteristic short head and powerful jaws, was not the 

 standard either aimed at then or to be aimed at now ; and 

 some otherwise fair judges have fallen into the error of 

 considering size an essential in the ma stiff, and have mistaken 

 the true mastiff type, preferring the more extenuated type, 

 derived from a boarhound or Great Danish cross. 



