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faced, and more massive-headed mastiff than 

 almost any dog of the race that had preceded him. 

 The novelty of his appearance, it is to be presumed, 

 caused an enormous demand for his services 

 at stud, and it is only to be regretted that mastiff 

 breeders at that time should have so neglected 

 nearly every other dog. Thus we are now placed 

 in the unenviable position of being absolutely 

 compelled to inbreed to an alarming extent or to 

 introduce some other strain with which to invigorate 

 our modern blood. That Crown Prince and Beau 

 together are responsible for the present fashionable 

 type of head is evident, but it is to be feared the 

 former also gave us a lighter eye and a shorter 

 body, as well as those disfiguring straight hocks, 

 which were so prevalent and are still too often 

 met with a few years ago. The loss of density 

 or blackness of face markings, too, may also be 

 traced to him. 



" But the faults we got from Crown Prince were 

 unquestionably emphasised by the rush upon the 

 dog, to the neglect of almost all others ; and had 

 his services been sought a little less exclusively, 

 we might not now have to regret many of the 

 faults of our present dogs inbreeding having 

 developed them or that the means of breeding 

 at. all are so difficult. 



