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celebrated bitch of the breed, named Fly, the property of 

 the same gentleman who possessed the Blenheim Rose, 

 once jumped from a third-story window into tlie street to 

 follow her master, and alighted without injury. 



) This dog was used as a model by more than one sculp- 

 tor, and we believe that she was the original of the cele- 

 brated and artistic model in parian published by the artist 

 potter of the day. The points of this animal are of course 

 identical with those of the smooth English greyhound, 

 but some preference in marks must be given for the 

 fashionable colour at the time when the award is made. 

 They are, therefore, as follows: — Head, 15; neck, 5; 

 legs and feet, 15; shoulders, 10; hind quarters, 15; 

 back, 10; symmetry, 10; tail, 5 ; colour and coat, 10; 

 size, 5. 



The Pug Dog is now again in fashion, but between 

 the years 1836-46 it was the rarest breed in Great Britain. 

 About the year 1843 one or two specimens were obtained 

 by a member of the Willoughly family, and, under his 

 fostering care, admirable examples were produced. The 

 old and absurd system of cropping off the whole of the 

 ears prevailed, and this cruelty was excused because it 

 occasioned that wrinkling and puckering of the forehead 

 considered essential in a pug dog. The barbarous fashion 

 was continued simply because it had been followed in the 

 days of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, at any 

 rate up to the year 1804, when the dog was the rage; and 

 very beautiful specimens thus mutilated have been ex- 

 hibited at our modern dog shows. Within the last 

 ^t'N years this unhappy custom has been on the wane, 

 and where expediency cannot be pleaded, owing to 

 the dog's occupation, we trust such torture will be aban- 

 doned. 



The pug, it is said, derives his name from a Greek 

 word which forms the root of the Latin pugnus, a fist, as 

 his profile closely resembles a man's hand when tightly 

 clenched. This is open to question. It is more hkely 

 to have arisen from a study of the countenance, as well 

 as general appearance of the animal. The jet-black 



