CHAPTER VIII 



Dogs Used in Work 



st. bernards newfoundlands mastiffs dal- 

 MATIANS 



St. Bernards. — Although apparently so much re- 

 moved from the breeds, I have been deeply associated 

 with for the last twenty-five years, I am bound to say I 

 have always been a great admirer of St. Bernards, and 

 can well remember many years ago, at a show held at 

 Laycock's Dairy Yard, Islington, being struck with ad- 

 miration at the team shown there by Mr. Cumming 

 Macdona (at that time, and for some years later, " a 

 name to conjure with " in the St. Bernard world), and 

 afterwards I was a great admirer of my friend Mr. 

 Gresham's Hector and Abbess (two of the best I had 

 seen in possession of one owner) and many more, too 

 numerous to mention. I am inclined to think the breed 

 is not quite as popular as it was some years since, and 

 that the entries at most of our best shows are neither as 

 large, nor as good, as they were. The points desired are 

 as follows: — The head very massive and large, showing 

 great depth from eye to lower jaw; the face rather 

 short ; muzzle wide, deep, and cut off square ; the lips 

 should hang down well and be rather loose; the " stop " 

 well defined, but not too abrupt ; the skull massive and 



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