THE ST. BERNARD. 



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of five centuries so glorious a notoriety 

 throughout Europe that they well merit the 

 name of a distinct race for themselve?." 



From the same authority we learn that it 

 is something like six hundred years since the 



Continent and made them take a part in his 

 attractive entertainment ; but the associa- 

 tions of the St. Bernard with the noble 

 deeds recorded in history were not then so 

 widely known, and these two dogs passed 



MRS. A. H. FARKcKo Ruuun-uwn I cu ciii-r 



BY CH. EGMONT NAMCLESS. 



BRED BY MESSRS. INMAN AND WALMSLEY 



CHRVSANTHEME 



St. Bernard came into existence. It was 

 not, however, till competitive exhibitions 

 for dogs had been for some \-ears established 

 that the St. Bernard gained a footing in 

 Great Britain. A few specimens had been 

 imported from the Hospice before Mr. 

 Gumming Macdona (then the Rev. Gumming 

 .Macdona) introduced us to the celebrated 

 Tell, who, with others of the breed brought 

 from Switzerland, formed the foundation of 

 his magnificent kennel at West Kirby, in 

 Cheshire. Albert Smith, whom some few 

 that are now alive will remember as an 

 amusing lecturer, brought a pair from the 

 Hospice when returning from a visit to the 



away without ha\ing created any par- 

 ticular enthusiasm. 



Later on, at a dog show at Cremome 

 held in 1863, two St. Bernards were ex- 

 hibited, each of whom rejoiced in the name 

 of Monk, and were, respectivelv, the pro- 

 perty of the Rev. A. N. Bate and Mr. W. H. 

 Stone. These dogs were exhibited without 

 pedigrees, but were said to have been 

 bred at the Hospice of St. Bernard. Three 

 years later, at the National Show at Bir- 

 mingham, a separate class was pro\ided for 

 the saintly breed, and Mr. Gumming Macdona 

 was first and second with Tell and Bernard. 

 This led to an immediate popularity of the 



