jo THE BOOK OF THE DOG. 



\-j\ inches; height at loins, 32^ inches; height at hocks, 8J inches; length of tail, 24 inches. 

 Mr. Coats sold Leo to Mr. Mapplebeck, of Birmingham, who, after winning many prizes 

 with him, eventually disposed of him to Mr. S. W. Wildman, of Bingley, Yorkshire, who owns 

 him at the present time. 



Among Leo's more prominent rivals we may mention Mrs. Cunliffe Lee's Jet, Dr. 

 Gordon Stables' Theodore Nero, whose praises have been said or sung too often to need 

 repetition, and Mr. George Raper's Brewer. Mr. Lord's Cabot is also a good specimen, although 

 rather small. Mr. Howard Mapplebeck had several fine bitches, so that from his late 

 collection and those of a few other breeders we may look for an increase in the number of 

 exhibits of dogs really up to show form. Amongst other excellent specimens are Mr. T. 

 Loader Browne's Nora Creina, and Monarch ; the latter a winner both on the bench and at 

 water-trials. 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR NEWFOUNDLANDS. 



Value. 



Head ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Neck, chest, back, and loin ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 



Legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Coat and colour ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Tail ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Symmetry and general appearance ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Total ... ... ... 50 



THE LANDSEER NEWFOUNDLAND. 



Another class of dog which its admirers stoutly pronounce to be a pure-bred Newfoundland 

 is the large black-and-white dog so often seen in this country. Opinions differ very considerably, 

 however, regarding the merits of this dog's claim to be Newfoundland, and the best-informed 

 authorities with whom we have an opportunity of discussing the subject are unanimous in 

 pronouncing the species to have been originally a splendid mongrel, possessing in its structure 

 many prominent Newfoundland points, but deficient in some important characteristics of the 

 pure breed. 



The painting by the late Sir Edwin Landseer of "A Distinguished Member of the Humane 

 Society," though magnificent as a work of art, has undoubtedly done much to if we may use 

 the term corrupt the public mind upon the subject of the Newfoundland. A vast number of 

 people, without troubling themselves to inquire into the matter, have associated the black-and- 

 white dog with the correct type of the Newfoundland, utterly regardless of the fact that Sir 

 Edwin may have selected this colour as brighter and more suitable for the object he had in 

 view. 



How this large black-and-white dog, or Landseer Newfoundland as it is now termed, ever 

 came into existence is hard to explain, but it is impossible to doubt for an instant that it 

 partakes largely of the character of the pure-bred Newfoundland. It is certainly true that in the 

 island of Newfoundland itself many black-and-white dogs are to be found, but they apparently 

 have no stronger claims to be considered pure Newfoundlands than any large-sized mongrel in 

 this country has to be styled a Mastiff. Admirers of the black-and-white dog endeavour to 

 believe that the colour of a Newfoundland is immaterial, and hence that their favourites are of the 



