1 88 Modern Dogs. 



No sooner was the most absolutely necessary business of the 

 morning dispatched, than the Reichskanzler sallied off with the 

 " Reichshund " at his heels, and for the rest of the day, the long 

 light coat, and the battered felt hat of the famous statesman, were 

 not greater objects of interest than the huge dog which followed 

 him everywhere, on horseback or on foot. 



At the present time the best Great Danes in 

 England are owned by Mr. Reginald Herbert, Mr. 

 E. W. Adcock, Mr. M. Riego, Mr. C. D. Baddeley, 

 Mr. R. Coop, Mr. J. E. Wilbey, Mr. Adolph Stolte, 

 Mr. R. T. Martin, and some few others. He is not in 

 many hands, and, although the entries in the Kennel 

 Club's stud book keep up their members very well, 

 the Great Dane Club itself has but twenty-seven 

 members, though at its establishment, in 1884, 

 it had thirty-eight members on its books. How- 

 ever, now there is a ladies' branch in connection 

 therewith, and here there are eleven members 

 additional. 



Perhaps the best all-round Great Dane we have 

 had here was the brindled bitch Vendetta, first 

 exhibited by Mr. Reginald Herbert, and sold by him 

 to Mr. Craven for a large sum. She was not a par- 

 ticularly big bitch, though perhaps taller and heavier 

 than she looked by reason of her lovely symmetry. 

 She stood 31^ inches at the shoulder and weighed 

 i/plb. ; but in general form and correctness of type 

 of head, without lippiness or hound-like appearance, 



