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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



THE CELEBRATED CH. BEAUFORT. BRED BY MR. W. K. TAUNTON BY BEAU LADY ISABEL. 



REPUTED TO BE THE MOST PERFECT MASTIFF OF THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. 



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pale in muzzle, and whilst full credit must 

 be given to him for ha\-ing sired many good 

 Mastiffs, he must be held responsible for 

 the faults in many specimens of more recent 

 years. Unfortunately, he was indiscrim- 

 inately bred from, with the result that in 

 a very short time breeders found it impossible 

 to find a Mastiff unrelated to him. The 

 registered pedigree of Crown Prince is by 

 Young Prince by Prince, mentioned above, 

 but the correctness of this pedigree was 

 disputed at the time. The matter was 

 thoroughly in\-cstigated, and there was not 

 sufficient evidence to show that an\- other 

 dog was the sire. He was bred b\- .Mr. 

 Woolmore, and (laimed by the Rev. W. J. 

 Mellor upon his first appearance on the 

 show bench after he had awarded him first 

 prize. He afterwards passed into the hands 

 of Dr. Forbes Winslow, and upon the 

 dispersal of that exhibitor's ^Mastiffs was 

 sold for i8o guineas. 



Mr. Beaufoy's Beau (6,356) proved his 



claim to be considered a pillar of the stud 

 book by siring Beaufort (18.504), unques- 

 tionably one of the best Mastiffs of the 

 jiast twenty years. He was a frequent 

 winner both in this country and in America, 

 where he was placed at stud for a time. 



Cardinal (8,410) was a rich, dark brindle, 

 and one of the most successful sires of his 

 day. He inherited his colour from his 

 dam, a daughter of Wolsey. If for no other 

 reason. Cardinal deserves special mention, 

 as it is mainly due to him that the brindle 

 colour in Mastiffs has been preserved, for 

 I belie\-e that I shall not be wrong in saying 

 that e\"ery prize winning brindle of recent 

 years is a direct descendant of this dog. 



The result of crossing his progeny with 

 Crown Prince and Beaufort blood was 

 eminently satisfactory. Among others of his 

 descendants may be mentioned Marc An- 

 tony, Marksman, Invicta, Colonel Cromwell, 

 and Marcus Superba, who died quite young, 

 but not without leaving stock behind 



