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the Kennel Club had acknowledged them in their 

 stud book the same year. However, at both places 

 he, a year previously, had classes given him, but as 

 a " boarhound," and since, with his name changed 

 to "Great Dane," " boarhounds " and "German 

 mastiffs " have become creatures of the past. 



I have a note of a big black and white dog, 

 shown by Sir Roger Palmer, about 1863 or 1864, 

 which was said to be 35 inches at the shoulder, 

 2oolb. weight, and a Great Dane ! I never saw a 

 dog of this variety approaching this size, and at that 

 time, a two hundred pound weight dog had not been 

 produced. Satan himself, a very heavy dog, would 

 not be more than, perhaps, i5olb. at most. 



Coining a little later, we find that in June, 1885, 

 a dog show, devoted entirely to Great Danes, was 

 held at the Ranelagh Club Grounds, near London. 

 This was just at the time when the animal was reach- 

 ing the height of his popularity here, and a noble 

 show the sixty hounds, benched under the lime trees 

 in those historic grounds, made. Never has such a 

 collection of the variety been seen since in our island, 

 and, need I say, never such a one previously. The 

 great fawn dog, Cedric the Saxo.i, was there, perfect 

 in symmetry, and a large dog ; carefully measured, 

 he stood 33^ inches at the shoulder. With Captain 

 Graham, I took the heights of several of these big 



