33^ Modern Dogs. 



the '' Pomeranian Squire" side of the Prince's life 

 than to his official establishment. At Varzin or 

 Friedrichsruh, however, the two were inseparable. 

 No sooner was the most absolutely necessary 

 business of the morning dispatched, than the 

 Reichskanzler sallied off with the " Reichshund '' 

 at his heels, and for the rest of the day, the long 

 light coat, and the battered felt hat of the famous 

 statesman, were not greater objects of interest 

 than the huge dog which followed him every- 

 where, on horseback or on foot." 



At the present time the best Great Danes in 

 England are owned by Mr. Reginald Herbert ; Mr. 

 R. Hood Wright, Frome; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Horsfall, 

 Diss; Mr. C. Petrywalski, London; Mr. R. Leadbetter, 

 Berkshire; Mr. S. Pendry, Windsor; Mr. R. Coop, 

 St. Helen's, and some few others. He is not in 

 many hands, and, although the entries in the Kennel 

 Club's stud book keep up their numbers fairly well, 

 the old Great Dane Club itself had but twenty-seven 

 members when it ceased to exist in 1895, consequent 

 on the rule the Kennel Club adopted with regard 

 to the abolition of cropping. Another club was 

 immediately started, and at the time of writing, it 

 has over forty members. Now the classes at 

 Birmingham, the Crystal Palace, Brighton, Liverpool, 

 &c., secure entries quite equal in number to any 



