THE PUG 299 



The Pug was brought into prominence in Great Britain 

 about sixty years ago by Lady Willoughby de Eresby, of 

 Grimthorpe, near Lincoln, and Mr. Morrison, of Walham 

 Green, who each independently established a kennel of these 

 dogs, with such success that eventually the fawn Pugs were 

 spoken of as either the Willoughby or the Morrison Pugs. 

 At that period the black variety was not known. The 

 Willoughby Pug was duller in colour than the Morrison, 

 which was of a brighter, ruddier hue, but the two varieties 

 have since been so much interbred that they are now un- 

 distinguishable, and the fact that they were ever familiarly 

 recognised as either Willoughbys or Morrisons is almost 

 entirely forgotten. A " fawn " Pug may now be either silver 

 grey or apricot, and equally valuable. 



Whatever may have been the history of the Pug as regards 

 its nativity, it had not been long introduced into England 

 before it became a popular favourite as a pet, and it shared 

 with the King Charles Spaniel the affection of the great 

 ladies of the land. The late Queen Victoria possessed one, 

 of which she was very proud. The Pug has, however, now 

 fallen from his high estate as a ladies' pet, and his place has 

 been usurped by the Toy Pomeranian, the Pekinese, and 

 Japanese, all of which are now more highly thought of in 

 the drawing-room or boudoir. But the Pug has an advantage 

 over all these dogs as, from the fact that he has a shorter coat, 

 he is cleaner and does not require so much attention. 



It was not until the establishment of the Pug Dog Club in 

 1883 that a fixed standard of points was drawn up for the 

 guidance of judges when awarding the prizes to Pugs. Later 

 on the London and Provincial Pug Club was formed, and 

 standards of points were drawn up by that society. These, 

 however, have never been adhered to. The weight of a 

 dog or bitch, according to the standard, should be from 

 13 Ib. to 17 lb., but there are very few dogs indeed that are 

 winning prizes who can draw the scale at the maximum 

 weight. One of the most distinctive features of a fawn Pug 



