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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



is one of the few Pugs that have a level 

 mouth, and he is squarer in muzzle than 

 most bigger dogs, whilst few Pugs have 

 as much wrinkle and loose skin. He, how- 

 ever, has his faults, as he might be a little 

 finer in coat, and he has not black toe- 

 nails. The late Mr. W. L. Sheffield, of 

 Birmingham, was an admirer of small 

 Pugs, "his Ch. Stingo Sniffles being a 

 beautiful specimen and quite the right 



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Miss l_ BURNETTS CH. MASTER JASPER 



BY BASINGSTOKE EMERALD SALLY OF 



SWARLAND. 

 Photograph by Russell. 



size. The late Mr. Maule's Royal Duke 

 reminds one what a fawn Pug should be, 

 and Mrs. Brittain had two famous Pugs, 

 whilst Mr. Mayo's Ch. Earl of Presbury, 

 Mr. Roberts' Keely Shrimp, and Mr. Har- 

 vey Nixon's Ch. Royal > Rip were very 

 grand dogs. Mrs. Benson's Ch. Julius 

 Caesar has had a successful career ; he was 

 bred by the late Mrs. Dunn, who owned a 

 large kennel of good Pugs; and Miss 

 Little's Ch. Betty of Pomfret was an ex- 

 cellent one of the right size. Another very 

 beautiful little Pug is Mrs. James Currie's 

 Ch. Sylvia. 



The black Pug is a more recent produc- 

 tion. He was brought into notice in 1886, 

 when Lady Brassey exhibited some at the 

 Maidstone Show. Mr. Rawdon Lee, how- 

 ever, tells us, in " Modern Dogs," that the 

 late Queen Victoria had one of the black 

 variety in her possession half a century ago, 



and that a photograph of the dog is to be 

 seen in one of the Royal albums. This, 

 however, does not prove that a variety of 

 black Pugs existed in any numbers, and 

 the same may be said should white Pugs 

 become popular at some future date, for 

 in i8c)2 Miss Dalziel exhibited a white Pug 

 at Birmingham. This dog, however, was 

 not really white, although it might have 

 been made the link in the production of a 

 variety of white Pugs. The black Pug, 

 however, came upon the scene about the 

 time mentioned, and he came to stay. By 

 whom he was manufactured is not a matter 

 of much importance, as with the fawn Pug 

 in existence there was not much difficulty 

 in crossing it with the shortest-faced black 

 dog of small size that could be found, and 

 then back again to the fawn, and the thing 

 was done. Fawn and black Pugs are con- 

 tinually being bred together, and, as a 

 rule, if judgment is used in the selection 

 of suitable crosses, the puppies are sound 

 in colour, whether fawn or black. In every 

 respect except markings the black Pug 

 should be built on the same lines as the 

 fawn, and be a cobby little dog with short 

 back and well-developed hindquarters, wide 

 in skull, with square and blunt muzzle 

 and tightly-curled tail. Her Majesty 

 Queen Alexandra, when Princess of 

 Wales, owned some very good black Pugs, 

 but the first dog of the variety that could 

 hold its own with the fawns was Ch. Duke 

 Beira, a handsome fellow, who was the 

 property of the late Miss C. F. A. Jenkin- 

 son. Then Mr. Summers startled the Pug 

 world by buying the famous Ch. Chotee 

 for ^200. This price was, however, sur- 

 passed when the late Marquis of Anglesey 

 gave ^250 for Jack Valentine, who is still 

 very much in evidence, sharing the hearth- 

 rug with his comrade Grindley King. Jack 

 Valentine was bred by Miss J. W. Neish, 

 who has a fine kennel of black Pugs at 

 The Laws, in Forfarshire. Dr. Tulk has 

 a famous stud dog in Ch. Bobbie Burns, 

 . who is probablv the shortest faced black 

 Pug that has ever been bred; and a dog 

 that has quickly forced his way to the front 

 is Mrs. F. Howell's Ch. Mister Dandy, who 

 is a beautiful specimen of the breed ; but the 

 biggest winner up to the present time has 

 been Miss Daniel's Ch. Bouji, an excellent 



