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far as I can learn, not one of these four animals left 

 any progeny behind. 



After Lady Brassey's tragical death in the 

 Southern seas in 1887, several of her black pugs 

 were purchased by Mr. A. Bond, already alluded to. 

 One of these dogs was Jack Spratt, who is said 

 to be pretty well the progenitor of the present 

 strains, though of course other blood was introduced. 

 Mr. Bond had the misfortune to lose Jack Spratt 

 in 1888, both he and Bessie Spratt falling victims to 

 that scourge of the pet dog, inflammation of the lungs. 

 Fortunately, ere this occurred, Mr. Bond had been 

 successful in rearing Lino, from Jack and Bessie 

 Spratt, a handsome black dog, which he subsequently 

 sold to Mrs. Fifield, of Southampton, and which has 

 since sired the notable Doatie Darling and Black 

 Gem, two of the best blacks we have had. What 

 had become of Nap. II. Lady Brassey's especial 

 favourite and his sister Black Bess, no one could 

 find out, until the Crystal Palace Committee, in their 

 show for 1891, provided two classes for black pugs. 

 Then for the first time Normanhurst Nap, who had 

 become the property of Miss " Mortivals," met his 

 brother, the Gravesend Lino, who beat the old 

 favourite. Singularly, the first prize went to quite an 

 outsider, believed to have come from the East End 

 of London, as breeder and pedigree were stated 



