200 Modern Dogs. 



where an owner of Dalmatian puppies has, on their 

 birth, finding them without marks of any kind, 

 ordered the whole litter to be destroyed. 



Although the Dalmatian Club has been energetic, 

 and has done good work since 1890, when it was 

 first inaugurated, it has not been able to popularise 

 its special dog to any great extent. At our largest 

 shows the club is in the habit of giving special prizes 

 and causing separate classes to be provided for 

 the black and brown spotted varieties, thus 

 enabling the two to compete on their own merits. 

 Still even this has not been the means of increasing 

 competitors to any great extent. At Cruft's huge 

 show held at the Agricultural Hall in February, 

 1893, although eleven classes were provided and 

 seven special prizes, there were but twenty-three 

 entries, and only thirteen dogs actually competed, 

 several of them being entered in more than one 

 class. Were it not for a few ardent admirers of 

 the variety, I fancy that the " coach dog" might, in 

 a few years, become pretty well extinct so far as this 

 country is concerned. 



The following is the description of the Dalma- 

 tian adopted by the club. It will be noticed that 

 thirty points are allowed for colour and markings ; 

 still, if a dog were pretty well patched black and 

 white, however perfect in other particulars, he 



