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This remarkable dog weighed 64^., and the 

 measurements were taken after he had won the 

 chief prize in the Kennel Club Show held in Jubilee 

 .year, 1887. 



When Lyris was mated by Mr. Chance to his 

 bitch Begum, a foundation was laid of a strain 

 which has produced the bulk of the prize winners 

 of late years. The most famous of the initial 

 litter was Mr. Grave's Achilles, perhaps a larger 

 and all round a better dog than his sire, the 

 excellence of the latter notwithstanding. Achilles 

 stands 23 inches high at the shoulders, his head is 

 1 1 inches in length, many of his cords measuring 

 30 inches, and falling quite six inches below his 

 feet. It need scarcely be said that Achilles has 

 won pretty much all before him in the show ring. 



There are but few exhibitors of poodles at our 

 shows at the present time, and undoubtedly the best 

 kennel of all is that of Mr. R. V. O. Graves, who 

 has an unusually strong team, as a rule almost 

 invincible, including, as it does, specimens both 

 black and white. His Achilles, Witch, Lyribel, The 

 Druidess, and The Ghost, are particularly good of 

 their variety. Mr. H. Sanguinetti, Mr. C. Kemp, 

 Mr. J. Brewer, Mr. J. T. Beaumont, Mr. A. Levey, 

 and Mr. A. Dagois, have had, and still have, good 

 specimens of the breed, and are understood to be 



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