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cry, still a dog of the cobby build of Ch. Royal 

 Kreuger, Ch. Lonely, Bowman and but one or two 

 more I could mention, catches my eye for the 

 eternal fitness of things, very much quicker than 

 would Molly, Ch. Twintwo, or Wixom's Dorcas, 

 I think her name is, which are long backed, if I 

 remember rightly. There never will be a consensus 

 of opinion upon different values in a standard. 

 *A' judges St. Bernards; he must have type, ex- 

 treme quality, markings and all that go to make a 

 good St. Bernard head, and if a dog is able to 

 round the ring without falling over, he'll get the 

 prize, sure, provided he has the requisite head 

 properties. Next show^ comes along 'B,' a judge 

 who believes head properties, markings, type, etc., 

 easy enough to breed, sound legs and active move- 

 ment are the sine qua nmis he must look out for, 

 and if he does not take care 'B' will do more harm 

 than good, however requisite it is that these partic- 

 ular dogs should have better 'understandings.' 



"Standards scale the value of points, and their 

 numbers show their relative value, but how many 

 judges are there in America today, that if tackled 

 in the ring, could give tables of point values cor- 

 rectly or even approximately of the majority of the 

 breeds they handle? Still, this should be, in my 

 estimation, for the basis of a true judge's capabil- 



