THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 



During the earlier part of the past cen- 

 tury the most noted Mastiff breeders were 

 Mr. Lukey and Captain Gamier, and a 

 little later Mr. Edgar Hanbury. Mr. Lukey 

 laid the foundation of his kennel, which 

 afterwards became so famous, by the 

 purchase of a brindle bitch from the Chats- 

 worth kennels. Among the many celebrated 

 dogs owned and bred by Mr. Lukey must 



Bloodhounds, a breed with which his 

 name will ever be associated. Mr. 

 Green's Monarch (2,316) was another fawn 

 standing over 33 inches high. As a sire 

 he was principally noted as having sired 

 Scawfell (5,311), Nero (6,373), and Gwen- 

 dolen (6,390). The last, when mated with 

 Cardinal, produced many good Mastiffs. 

 Rajah (2,333) was a well-known winner 



MR. EDGAR HANBURY'S RAJAH BY GRIFFIN PHYLLIS. 



Drawn from li/e by R. H. Moore, 



be mentioned Governor, whose name ap- 

 pears in the pedigrees of most Mastiffs of 

 note. He was the grandsire of those two 

 celebrated Mastiffs Mr. Hanbury 's Rajah 

 and Mr. Field's King, the sire of Turk, 

 bred by Miss Anglionby. Mr. E. Nichols, 

 Miss Hales, Mrs. Rawlinson, and the Rev. 

 M. B. Wynne, were well-known breeders 

 and successful exhibitors in the early days 

 of dog shows. 



The following are a few of the most 

 celebrated Mastiffs of the past forty years : 

 Turk (2,349) mentioned above, was a fawn, 

 and was considered the best Mastiff of 

 his day ; he won numerous prizes for his 

 different owners, and eventually ended his 

 days in the kennels of Mr. Edwin Brough, 

 who relinquished Mastiffs in favour of 



in the early 'seventies, but it is not as a 

 show dog alone that this dog has a claim 

 to be mentioned, for he sired many good 

 Mastiffs, who in their turn left their mark 

 on the breed. Among them may be men- 

 tioned Mr. Nichol's Prince, a small dog 

 that was more useful at the stud than on 

 the show bench, and The Shah (4,457), 

 bred by Mr. Balleston, and afterwards 

 owned by Mr. C. T. Harris, by whom he 

 was claimed upon his first appearance as 

 a puppy at the Crystal Palace, 1874. He 

 was not quite so flat in skull as he should 

 have been, but otherwise he was a fine 

 Mastiff ; the best of his stock was The 

 Emperor (9,340). 



Crown Prince (10,544) was a fawn dog 

 with a Dudley nose and light eye, and was 



