2l8 NOTED MASTIFFS. 



to without favour or affection to either individual owner or 

 strain, whenever requested to act officially at Dog Shows, 

 for it is a judge's duty to award the prizes to the best speci- 

 mens which are brought before him, regardless of their pedigree 

 or their probable value for breeding purposes. 



I have slightly altered my scale of points for judging in 

 order to meet what I consider the requirements and failings 

 of the breed at the present date. The scale of points may 

 give the reader a more general idea of the correct figure of a 

 well reared typical mastiff, but such essentials as activity 

 and symmetry combined with a typical head, a well formed, 

 long, low body, and generally heavy animal, should never be 

 lost sight of, either to obtain colour, vast height, or a grand 

 head, with deformed body and weak limbs, or a well-grown 

 body, with defective head, plainly departing from the true 

 type, which if the reader has not thoroughly learnt from the 

 historical facts which I have laid before his or her notice, I feel 

 it will be a hopeless task to further try to enlighten them. 



