42 THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



The sire of Mr. Lukey's Governor was of Lyme Hall origin ; and such dogs as Mr. Hanbury's 

 Rajah and Prince, Bill George's Tiger, Mr. Wallace's Turk, and Mrs. Rawlinson's Countess, 

 have the same blood flowing in their veins. It must, however, be added that innumerable 

 disputes have from time to time occurred between various breeders concerning certain specimens 

 of the Mastiff who are credited by their owners with Lyme Hall blood ; and it is patent to the 

 most casual observer that many of the dogs which appear at shows as laying claim to the above 

 pedigree must either be entered wrongly by their masters, or else be very imperfect specimens 

 of the famous Legh strain. 



The famous Turk, just alluded to, was undoubtedly the champion of his day ; and the 

 highest-priced dog ever exhibited deserves more than a passing notice in this work. Five hundred 

 pounds was the enormous sum paid for him in the earlier part of his career ; and as his pedigree 

 includes the names of many of the most famous Mastiffs produced, we give it at length as a 

 valuable reference for intending Mastiff breeders. We also give an illustration, the drawing for 

 which was made in 1874, when the dog was seven years old. 



PEDIGREE OF Miss AGLIONBY'S TURK, BORN 1867. 



TURK, 



I 



Field's King. 

 I 



Lukey's Rufus. 



Lukey's 

 Governor. 



Hom'i 

 Jenny. 



Gamier** 

 Lion. 



Lukey's 

 Countess. 



Gamier's Garnier's Lukey's Lukey's 

 Eve. Bruce 1 1. Duchess. 



Lukey's Lukey's 



Bruce I. Nell. 



Nichol's Quaker. 



Miss Aglionby's Hilda. 



Nichol's Venus. 

 J 



Cautley's Quaker. Nell. 

 (See below.) 



Raymond's Raymond's Sir C. Domville's Duchess. 



Prince. Duchess, Oscar. 



Lord Darnley's Cautley's Garrett's George's 

 Nell. Quaker. Nell. Leo. 



I I 



r~ n r 



Ansdell's Juno. 

 Leo. 



Thompson's Thompson's 



Saladin. Duchess. 



I I 



Lord Darnley's 

 Nell. - 



r 



Akroyd's Thompson's Sir G. Armitage's 

 Dan. Venus. Tiger. 



~ 



Thompson's Countess. 



I 

 Lukey's Bruce ] I. Lukey's Rell. 



Lukey's 



Bruce II. 



1 



Lukey's Dr. Ellis' 

 Bell. Lion. 



Thompson's 



Juno. 



1 



Lukey's Lukey's Lukey's Thompson's Thompson's Lion. Thornton's 



Bruce I. Nell. Nero. Bruce. Bess. I Juno. 



i i r i i i i i i i i i r : > 



? 5 IT ? IT e* ? =T sr !? =r I '' on ' Thompson's CymLia. 



3. 5* " ?r ^* *~ R* ' 



M 



O < 



* \ 



CO CO JO 52 



a & 2 2. 

 R ' s 



An excellent engraving of a Mastiff, and which we also reproduce, appeared in the 

 Sportsman's Repository, edited by John Scott, and published in London 1820. This dog 

 would unquestionably fail to take a prize at one of our modern shows ; but still the portrait 

 is valuable, if only for the conclusions it enables us to draw concerning the advance made 

 upon the Molossus by later Mastiff breeders in the earlier part of this century. From the 



