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he was rather too long in his face and skull ; still 

 a dog with but one fault must needs be almost 

 perfection. Mr. J. F. Smith had also Save, an 

 extraordinarily good dog, about this period ; Bayard, 

 who had also become his property, a grand dog in 

 his day, was now in the sere and yellow ; Mr. J. 

 Royle had another excellent specimen in Duke of 

 Marlborough ; the giant Rector, Mr. S. W. Smith's, 

 had gone to America, but equally good or better 

 than any of them remained at home. 



At the time Plinlimmon reigned in the long- 

 coated division, a short-haired prototype of his held 

 sway in the section to which he belonged. This 

 was the brindled and white Guide which Mr. H. I. 

 Betterton had imported from Switzerland where the 

 dog had been bred by M. H. H. Diir by Leon 

 from Belline. From the time of the importation of 

 Guide and his half-sister Sans Peur, also bred by 

 M. H. H. Diir, may be traced the great improve- 

 ment made amongst smooth-coated St. Bernards 

 in this country. In the Stud Book Sans Peur's 

 pedigree is given as unknown, but she was by M. 

 Siegenthaler's Barry from Belline, who was by 

 Burki's Barry II. M. Gurtner's Lola, by M. Egger's 

 Barry A. Diana A. 



Mr. J. F. Smith, of Sheffield, owned an extra- 

 ordinary collection of smooth-coated dogs, and his 



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