THE NOTED BREEDERS MR. LUKEY AND MR. THOMPSON igl 



Again, " I feel no hesitation in saying, that a- fair amount 

 - of our modern mastiffs owe their descent to foreign extrac- 

 " lion. The short truncated muzzle does not come solely 

 " from the English bulldog, but no doubt has been partially 

 " obtained from a cross with the Dutch mastiff indigenous to 

 " Holland. A mastiff dog or bitch deficient in muzzle, is not 

 "as a rule to be depended upon for transmitting the broad 

 ki thick muzzle to its offspring, and the perpetuation of these 

 " essential points from generation to generation, is no doubt 

 " the great secret of breeding." 



Writing July 24th, 1873, nc stated, " The type of head 

 varies in almost all kinds of dogs. For .instance, I have 

 " had pointers as much undershot as Branch, indeed, with a 

 "perfectly truncated muzzle, I have also seen hounds, with 

 " the truncated muzzle. Old Tiger's jaw slightly projected, 

 " as did also some others of my old stock, *and one of the 

 " handsomest bitches Mr. Lukey had, was so formed ; she 

 " was chained at the warehouse in Milford Lane. A good 

 " broad forehead, with deep furrow, I admire. Again, if the 

 " muzzle is not too long, but deep, broad, and massive, I 

 "want no better formed head than your Peeress (2393). 



He wrote again October 2ist, 1874. ' ^ breeders in 

 time to come, are not so blindly prejudiced and infatuated 

 with mere size, they will see the necessity of perpetuating 

 " a broader and shorter muzzle, with greater uniformity of 

 " outline." 



Writing March ist, 1873, * le stated, " I shall appreciate a 

 " copy of your own private view:- in reference to the good 

 "points of the mastiff, perhaps as a whole we shall not differ 

 " materially." Further, March 4th, 1873, " ^ty Dear Sir, 

 " 1 ever feel a delicacy, nay sensitiveness in holding an 



