34 Modern Dogs. 



Crucifix, Bankside Daisy, and others, being quite 

 celebrities in their way. Mr. Bruce's entries have 

 been missing of late, but in his place Miss H. M. 

 Mackenzie, of New Cross, has come into promin- 

 ence, and so far as I can make out, at the present 

 time possesses the finest and most valuable kennel 

 of Italian greyhounds in the country, and appears to 

 be quite invincible in the show ring. Occasionally a 

 smaller dog, as Mr. Turner's Larkfield Shrimp, has 

 been placed at the top of the prize list, but the latter, 

 to my mind, shows unmistakable signs of recent 

 terrier cross. Miss Mackenzie's Juno, Sappho, 

 Como, Dido, and Carlo, are undoubtedly very first- 

 rate specimens, and I am told by their owner that 

 her strains are quite as strong, hardy, and intelligent 

 as other toy dogs, or even more so ; the smallest 

 of Miss Mackenzie's choice little creatures weighs 

 5^1b. This is her beautiful bitch Dido, which, I 

 need hardly say, has won several prizes, and is a 

 grand-daughter of Jack, mentioned later on. Sappho 

 and Carlo weigh 9lb. each in good condition, 

 Como 6flb., and Juno is 6^1b., which I take to be 

 quite small enough for the purposes for which they 

 are required. 



In a conversation with Miss Mackenzie, I learned 

 that there are, at the time I write, some dozen or 

 so Italian greyhounds in her kennels, and all are 



