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awarded a special prize as the best dog of any 

 variety in the show. 



However, an all-round better hound than Bono is 

 the same owner's Burgundy, who, like Bono, is a 

 black and tan hound of lovely colour. When little 

 over twelve months old, Burgundy weighed iiilb., 

 was 26f inches in height at the shoulders, girthed 

 35 inches round the chest, and his head measured 

 13 inches, exactly an inch longer than Bono's. 

 There is little fault to find with this extraordinary 

 bloodhound, for in ears, type of head, wrinkle, 

 shoulders, legs and feet, loins and general symmetry, 

 his like may not be seen again. His demeanour 

 and disposition are characteristic of his race ; he 

 has been trained to hunt " the clean boot," and is 

 certainly a credit to his breeder. His brother 

 Bardolph is pretty nearly as good not quite so big 

 nor long in head. The latter was shown at Man- 

 chester in March, 1892, where, after winning the cup 

 in his division, he was awarded the more honourable 

 one given for the best sporting dog in the show. 

 These grand young hounds, no doubt the very best 

 that have been seen of late years, are by Beckford 

 (26,188) from Bianca (28,374). 



It seems rather strange that at this same Man- 

 chester show a peculiarly good bloodhound bitch 

 should be shown for the first time, this being Mr. 



