EARLY DOG SHOWS. 20$ 



E. Hanbury bred, namely, Taurus 2340, Hebe, and Herpa, 

 by Old King, out of a daughter of my Wolf, who was by Bill 

 Georges Tiger. 



What showed that Mr. Lukey's ability as a breeder was 

 not so acute as some have been led or led themselves to 

 suppose, was the fact that with Beauty, Bounty, and Treasure, 

 and two daughters of the latter, by Mr. Hanbury's Griffin, 

 (the sire of Rajah) from these fine brood bitches he failed to 

 breed a single prize specimen, in fact their offspring were 

 such thorough failures that I believe their descendants have 

 quite died out. 



Of Mr. Lukey's geniality and cordial hospitality I cannot 

 speak too highly, for he ever made me (and I believe other 

 lovers of the mastiff as well) welcome, and I enjoyed my visits 

 to him much ; straightforward, honourable, and generous in 

 his actions, I am sure that any little inaccuracies that he 

 made at times in his dogs pedigrees, arose from defect in 

 memory and having no stud book to refer to. When a 

 breeder has had as many dogs pass through his hands as Mr. 

 Lukey or myself, it is easy to get confused as to the exact 

 breeding of some, and thus misstatements are often uninten- 

 tionally made ; yet external facts alone bore evidence to the 

 several errors I have pointed out. With these remarks I 

 shall conclude with Mr. Lukey with the well known line 



" DC mortals nil, nisi bonmn" 



for the truthful historian has at times to run counter to 

 popular opinion. 



