336 Modern Dogs, 



only frightened, and the peace of Europe remained 

 undisturbed. 



A writer in the Kennel Gazette gives the following 

 interesting description of Prince Bismarck's favourite 

 dog: I reproduce it here, as it will assist my readers 

 in arriving at the character and disposition of the 

 ordinary Great Dane : 



** Of all the dogs that have a place in history, 

 Tyras, the noted Ulmer dog of the German Chancellor, 

 is the only one whose death has been deemed of 

 sufficient interest to be cabled round the world as 

 an event, not merely of European, but of cosmo- 

 politan interest. Indeed, the record of Tyras hardly 

 ended with his life, for the cable has since told the 

 world that the first visitor to Prince Bismarck on his 

 recent birthday was the youthful emperor, who 

 brought as a present another dog, of the type of the 

 lamented Tyras. For nearly sixty years Prince 

 Bismarck has owned specimens of the Great Dane, 

 and generally has had one or more of unusual size. 

 His first hound, acquired while living with his 

 parents at Kniephof, was one of the largest ever 

 seen, and was an object of awe to the peasantry 

 of the district. This dog afterward accompanied 

 his young master to the college at Gottingen, 

 where he speedily made his mark. Once when 

 Bismarck was summoned to appear before the rector 



