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aggerated all over, and so was not a good head. 

 He was both u lippy " and " jowly," his skull 

 was very wide, still proportionate with his muzzle, 

 and he was but little undershot. 



However, he, winning prizes, was used very 

 much at stud, and continued, with that perverseness 

 so marked in many instances, to transmit his very 

 defects to his progeny, and any good points he 

 had well, he kept them to himself. Crown Prince 

 was a straight-hocked dog, and a very moderate 

 mover, nor were his fore-legs and feet nearly so 

 good as they might have been. 



The following communication is from one of the 

 leading exhibitors and breeders of mastiffs at the 

 present day, and the opinions expressed therein 

 so thoroughly coincide with my own, that I have 

 not the slightest hesitation in publishing it, how- 

 ever it may grate on the feelings of those who 

 during recent years have tried to produce an 

 abnormal head at the expense of good limbs, 

 lengthy body, and other important attributes : 



" There can be little doubt that with the advent 

 of Crown Prince came a new era in the history 

 of the mastiff. In him we had a dog of a very 

 striking personality, not by any means confined to 

 his peculiar and ugly colour. Crown Prince was 

 probably a more compact, shorter-bodied, shorter- 



