86 Modern Dogs. 



two ago proved a great attraction at the Crystal 

 Palace. 



As special attention has been called to the Great 

 Dane as a companion, allusion to that dog belonging 

 to Prince Bismarck may not be out of place ; still 

 Tyras, the dog, was, in his palmy days, not a very 

 much greater favourite than his master came to be 

 later on. Maybe, the happiness of two countries 

 was on at least one occasion placed in jeopardy by 

 the action of the German Chancellor's hound. It 

 has been said that a somewhat spirited conversation 

 was proceeding between Bismarck and the Russian 

 Prime Minister Gortschakoff. The latter, gesticu- 

 lating rather more violently than usual, led Tyras, 

 who lay reposing on the rug, to suspect an attack 

 on his master, so, springing at the proud Russian, 

 he brought him to the floor. Apologies were profuse 

 and accepted. Prince Gortschakoff was not bitten, 

 only frightened, and the peace of Europe remained 

 undisturbed. 



A writer in the Kennel Gazette gives the following 

 interesting description of Prince Bismarck's favourite 

 dog, and I reproduce it here, and it will assist my 

 readers in arriving at the character and disposition 

 of the ordinary Great Dane : 



Of all the dogs that have a place in history, Tyras, the noted 

 realm dog of the German Chancellor, is the only one whose death 



