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hug, and threw the bear fairly and squarely 



in the arena, whose forequarters were one Francisco. Matador du Midi had already 

 mass of scars received from dogs he had had what in the old bear-baiting days was 

 fought with or from bears he had baited, called a " jump " at a bear, and Mr. Brooke 

 The same gentleman also brought home tried himjwhen eighteen months old at a 

 with him, from Paris, a bitch named Cora, large Russian bear which stood six feet 

 Mr. Brooke purchased a red bitch named high on his hind legs. " The dog showed 

 Dragonne, afterwards known as Amazone de great science in keeping his body as much 

 Bordeaux, and the black masked red dog sideways as possible, to avoid the bear's 

 Tristran. 



In the same year a separate class for on the grass three times." 

 Dogues de Bordeaux 

 was provided at the 

 Chow Chow show held 

 at the Aquarium, 

 when Mr. G. R. Krehl 

 judged. Mr. H. C. 

 Brooke, who has 

 kindly supplied the 

 information I am 

 using, became enthu- 

 siastic over the breed 

 and soon owned many 

 examples, including 

 Sans-Peur, Diane, 

 Bart, and a fawn red- 

 masked dog with a 

 wonderful head cov- 

 ered with great ropes 

 of wrinkle, who was 

 transferred to Mr. 

 Haslam, and was ex- 

 la i b i t e d successfully 

 under the name of 

 Brutus. These dogs 



were all of the same type as the magnifi- With these materials considerable pro- 

 cent pair Sultane and Buffalo, shown some gress was made in bringing the Dogue de 

 years previously at the Tuileries, and Bordeaux to the knowledge of English 

 acknowledged by judges of all nationalities fanciers. A club was formed, and Mr. 



THE TYPICAL DOGUES DE BORDEAUX SANS-PEUR AND LA GOULUE. 

 FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF MR. H. C. BROOKE, 



Photograph by A. R. Dresser. 



to be perfect. 



Brooke in conjunction with M. Megnin, of 



Wishing to possess a dog of the real L'Eleveur, Dr. Wiart, and other authorities 



fighting strain, Mr. Brooke imported from in France, drew up a description of the 



Bordeaux a young fawn dog of gladiatorial breed which is still the accepted standard, 



lineage. This dog, Matador du Midi, had Classes were being provided at many shows, 



among its ancestors the celebrated Caporal, and all was looking rosy when the anti- 



for seven years champion of the Pyrenees, cropping regulation of the Kennel Club put 



who weighed 108 pounds, and stood nearly a sudden period to all enthusiasm. A 



25 inches at the shoulder, and had a skull Dogue de Bordeaux with his natural ears 



circumference of 26 inches ; Megere, a bitch is not to be admired, and all efforts to 



who had been pitted against wolf, bear and popularise the breed in England abruptly 



hyaena ; and Hercules, who was finally ceased, 

 killed by a jaguar in a terrific battle in San Some of the more notable specimens 



