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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



the following morning the puppies, about Liela, a magnificent brindle and white 



a month old, were found safe in the man- bitch, bred by Mr. R. Thornton, of 



ger, with Augusta standing up to her Sydenham, and another, were, with the 



middle in water. exception of Rector, the first St. Bernards 



MR. GEORGE SINCLAIR'S CH. LORD MONTGOMERY 



BY CH. TANNHAUSER DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND. 



Photograph by C. Reid, Wishaw. 



Another guinea's worth from Bernie pro- 

 duced a litter of seventeen, making thirty- 

 one puppies in less than twelve months. The 

 bucket was not brought into requisition this 

 time. Nature was allowed to take its 

 course, and the survival of the fittest 

 resulted in nine being reared, in which there 

 were again several winners, amongst them 

 being Queen Bertha, who was the founda- 

 tion of Mr. W. A. Joyce's kennel at Tulse 

 Hill. 



The late Mr. S. W. Smith, of Leeds, took 

 up the breed in the late 'seventies. He 

 owned a big winner in Barry. This dog 

 won something like one hundred and fifty 

 first prizes at the small shows in the North 

 of England. But Mr. Smith had a much 

 better dog in Duke of Leeds, who, with 



that were exported to America, 800 being 

 the price given for the three. Previously, 

 however, Rector, a son of Champion 

 Monk, had been sold to Mr. J. K. Emmett, 

 the American actor, who exhibited him on 

 the boards of his theatre. 



The popularity of the St. Bernard had now 

 been well established, and the Rev. Arthur 

 Carter, who had always shown a partiality 

 for the breed, set about with a few others 

 to establish the St. Bernard Club, to look after 

 the interests of the race. This was in 1882, 

 and in the following year the first show, 

 confined to St. Bernards only, was held in 

 the Duke of Wellington's Riding School at 

 Kensington, when an excellent entry was 

 obtained. Mr. Cumming Macdona, who had 

 been appointed the President of the Club, 



