The St. Bernard. 71 



months old ; in colour, orange and white patched, 

 with a lovely head and expression. Alas, I heard 

 from M. Steiner, on my return, of her death, and 

 I sympathise with him in the loss of such a grand 

 specimen. 



"A good many St. Bernards are to be seen in 

 Lucerne and neighbourhood, some of them quite fair, 

 but, as a rule, they are a poor, narrow-muzzled lot. 

 After a short stay at Lucerne I went to Lauter- 

 brunnen to see M. Gurtner (the brothers Gurtner are 

 old breeders of St. Bernards), who is proprietor of 

 the Hotel Steinbock there. I asked to see the St. 

 Bernards, and arranged to stay the night with him, 

 which I enjoyed very much, as M. Gurtner and I 

 had a good long chat on the subject so congenial to 

 both of us. Here I first saw a very fair bitch with 

 six puppies. This bitch, I learned, had been given 

 to M. Gurtner by Mr. W. O. Hughes-Hughes. I 

 next saw a grand old rough bitch, own sister to 

 champion Guide. She is very typical, like all the 

 rest of her illustrious relatives. Then came a very 

 good rough dog, Gyr. He shows age, but is a 

 capital stamp, with an excellent head of the 

 Bayard type. Another good sort of dog is 

 Max, but his perfections were almost lost by the 

 poor condition he was in. Pollux, the dog I par- 

 ticularly wished to see, was at Murren, but M. 



