328 Modern Dogs, 



in Germany and thus should be called the German 

 Dogge on the same principle that we have the 

 English Mastiff. 



Amongst our earliest specimens of the race, 

 Satan, already alluded to, must take a leading place, 

 though his temper was so bad. He was a heavily 

 made, dark coloured dog, with a strong head and 

 jaw, that would not be at all popular with the present 

 admirers of the variety. However, his owner, Mr. 

 F. Adcock, was an enthusiast, and by his patronage 

 of the dog, and his subsequent establishment of a 

 Great Dane Club, did more than any other man to 

 bring the strain prominently before the British 

 public. 



It was not, however, until 1884, that special 

 classes were provided for them at Birmingham, 

 the Kennel Club having acknowledged them in their 

 stud book the same year. However, at both places 

 he, a year previously, had classes given him, but as 

 a *' boarhound," and since, with his name changed 

 to ''Great Dane," '' boarhounds " and ''German 

 mastiffs '^ have become creatures of the past. 



I have a note of a big black and white dog, 

 shown by Sir Roger Palmer, about 1863 or 1864, 

 which was said to be 35 inches at the shoulder, 

 2oolb. weight, and a Great Dane ! I never saw a 

 dog of this variety approaching this size, and at that 



