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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Stimulants were also given to him. but all 

 was of no avail ; he gradually fell away 

 from the fat, heavy dog that he had been 

 to a complete skeleton, and on the fourth 



MR. H. LAYTONS ROYAL GEORGE 

 (BORN 187SI BY CRIB ROSE. 



day after he had missed his old master 

 King Dick himself was dead. 



Among the chief prize winners nf the 

 'sixties and 'seventies fmm whi<ii tlie 

 present-dav dogs are descended may be 

 mentioned (3kl King C^le, King Cole, 

 Champions Venom, Mun.irrh. and Game- 

 ster, who were bn-d by Mr. J. W. Berrie ; 

 Champion Duke, by the Duke of Hamilton ; 

 Champion Smasher, by Mr. Harry Layton ; 

 Champions Ruling Passion, His Lordship, 

 and Cigarette, and Lord Nelson, by Tom 

 Ball, of Peckham ; Champion Queen ]\Iab, 

 by Fred Reeves ; Champion Crib, Thunder, 

 and Sir Anthony, by Fred Lamphier, and 

 Champions Sanclio Panza and Diogenes, by 

 .Mr. P. Rust. 



(Jf these probably the dog which is 

 owned as a sire by most of the modern 

 dogs is Champion Crib, who was a heavy- 

 weight brindle dog, with an immense skull, 

 short in back and limbs, without being in 

 anv way a cripple or monstrosity- He was 

 purchased from Mr. Lamphier by Mr. 

 Turton — ^hence his common sobriquet of 

 Turton's Crib — and was never beaten in 

 the show ring. 



His mating with Mr. Berne's Rcjse, ]\Ir. 

 Lamphier's Meg, Mr. Rust's Miss Smiff, 

 and Mr. W. Beckett's Kit, established the 

 four great prize-winning strains of our own 

 time, although there are several other 

 strains which do not descend from Crib. 



()f the contemj)orary strains we find a 

 large proportion of dogs trace their descent 

 from Mr. Fred Reeves' Stockwell, who was 

 sired by Don Pedro, who himself was by 

 the Dudley nosed Sahib, belonging to the 

 Crib-Kit strain. The general characteristics 

 of tlie Stockwell strain are good heads and 

 bodies, and tlie best representati\-es of 

 the strain are Champions Dimboola, Boaz, 

 Baron Sedgemere, Housewife, and Battle- 

 dora, Barney Barnato, True Type, Bala- 

 cla\a. Amber Duchess, Jack of Spades, 

 U.\bridge Matadore, and Spa Victoria. 



Don Salano, who was a litter brother to 

 Stockwell, is also very fully represented 

 by present-day dogs, the chief characteristics 

 of the strain being found in their lowness 

 to ground, well - delmed but sometimes 

 small skulls, and good body properties. 

 The best dogs of this strain are Champions 

 Bicester Beautv, Felton Prince, Totora, and 



MR H. LAYTONS CH. GAMESTER 

 (BORN 1878) BY CRIB ROSE. 



Pressgang, Cyclops, First Attempt, High- 

 wayman, Klialifa — the sire of Champion 

 Mahomet — Lord Francis. Ivy Leaf, Lucy 

 Venn, Don Perseus, and Don Alexis the 



