2O2 EARLY DOG SHOWS. 



Looking at his various crosses and blendings I am inclined 

 to regard Mr. Lukey as a breeder who made his mark through 

 perseverance, a large kennel, and little public competition, 

 possessing a clear and quick judgment, but little or no 

 theoretical skill, ever acting as though from the sire he saw 

 and selected, he would obtain the properties that animal 

 exhibited. Yet although long pedigree extending back to 

 remote ancestors is in itself often a captivating illusion, still 

 a pedigree properly made use of, is a guide to the intelligent 

 breeder, and a synoptical review of the past ancestry, may 

 furnish ideas, and save the breeder many failures and foul 

 crosses. 



It is worthy of note that Mr. Lukey never kept any 

 written pedigree of his dogs, and although at times (like all 

 really successful breeders) he bred regardless of affinity, he 

 had no objection to a distinct cross. 



It should be a significant warning to modern breeders that 

 in crossing, he introduced a foreign and distinct type, and 

 ignorantly made use of the male offspring arising therefrom, 

 thereby losing his old type, and with it the high position he 

 then held, as Mr. Cautley with Quaker (bred by Mr. Thomp- 

 son) and Mr. Hanbury with his daughter of Bill George's 

 Tiger, beat him thoroughly, and between 1860 and 1869 Mr. 

 Lukey had to be content with a secondary position, and 

 seeing his vast Governor generally beaten by his smaller 

 sized dam. 



In 1869 m Beauty, Baron, Bounty, and Bell (all by Old 

 King) Mr. Lukey's lamp of fame threw out a final flicker ; 

 their dam being a mixture of Governor, Tiger, and Mr. 

 Lukey's old strain, but these were never equal to the trio Mr. 



