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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



the best rough-coated dogs before the 

 pubHc. The King's Son, who was a great 

 favourite with the late Dr. Inman, re- 

 mained at home, and his bones are pro- 

 bably to be found beneath the sod in some 

 quiet corner in the grounds of Bowden 

 Priory. 



Almost all the best St. Bernards in (ireat 

 Britain at tlie present time have been 

 bred or arc descended from the Bowden 



A FIVE MONTHS' OLD SON OF 

 OH. LEONTES. 



dogs. Mrs. Lawson, of Swansea, has been 

 very successful in breeding with the strain, 

 This lad\' owned Cinq ^lars, who is now 

 the property of Mrs. Parker, for wiiom he 

 has been doing a large amount of winning. 

 Mrs. Parker also has in her jjossession 

 Chr3'santiieme and Queen Isabel, two of the 

 best of their variety ; whilst other success- 

 ful breeders and exhibitors are Mr. H. 

 Stockin, Mr. I). W. Davies, Mr. G. Sinclair — 

 the owner of Lord Montgomery, the Cham- 

 ])ion at the Crystal Palace and Edinburgh 

 in 1906 — Mr. James Redwood, Miss L. J. 

 Vere, Mr. E. H. \^'albrook, Mr. V.'. H. 

 Bennett, Mrs. Duncan King, Mrs. Ja.gger 

 — whose famous dog, Florentius, died at 

 ten years of age wliile these lines were 

 being written — Mr. J. S. W. Harding, 

 Colonel Williamson, and ;\Ir. J. Muir. 



The following is the description of the 

 St. Bernard as drawTi up by the members of 

 the St. Bernard Club : 



Head. — The head should be large and massive, 

 the circumference of the skull being more than 

 double the length of the head from nose to occiput. 

 From stop to tip of nose should be moderately 

 short ; full below the eye and square at the 



muzzle ; there should be great depth from the 

 eye to the lower jaw, and the lips should be deep 

 throughout, but not too pendulous. From the 

 nose to the stop should be straight, and the stop 

 abrupt and well defined. The skull should be 

 broad and rounded at the top, but not domed, 

 with somewhat prominent brow. 



Ears. — The ears should be of medium size, 

 h ing close to the cheek, but strong at the base 

 and not heavily feathered. 



Eyes. — The eyes should be rather small and 

 deep set, dark in colour and not too close together , 

 the lower eyelid should droop, so as to show a 

 fair amount of haw. 



Nose. — The nose should be large and black, 

 witli well developed nostrils. The teeth should be 

 le\el. 



Expression. — The expression should betoken 

 benevolence, dignity, and intelligence. 



Neck. — The neck should be lengthy, muscular, 

 and slightly arched, with dewlap developed, and 

 the slioulders broad and sloping, well up at the 

 withers. 



General Description of Body. — The chest 

 should be wide and deep, and the back level 

 as far as the haunches, slightly arched o\cr the 

 loins ; the ribs should bo well rounded and 

 earned well back ; the loin wide and xevy 

 muscular. 



Tail. — The tail should be set on rather high, 

 long, and in the long-coated variety bushy ; 

 carried low when in repose, and when excited 

 or in motion slightly above the line of the back. 



Legs. — The forelegs should be perfectly straight, 

 strong in bone, and of good length ; and the hind- 

 legs very muscular. The feet large, compact, 

 with well-arched toes. 



Size. — A dog should be at least 30 inches in 

 height at the shoulder, and a bitch 27 inches 

 (the taller the better, provided the symmetry is 

 maintained); thoroughly well proportioned, and 

 of great substance. The general outline should 

 suggest great power and capability of endurance. 



Coat. — In the long-coated variety the coat 

 should be dense and flat ; rather fuller round 

 the neck ; the thighs feathered but not too 

 heavily. In the short-coated variety, the coat 

 should be dense, hard, flat, and short, slightly 

 feathered on thighs and tail. 



Colour and Markings. — The colour should bo 

 red, orange, various shades of brindle (the richer 

 colour the better\ or white with patches on 

 body of one of the abo\'e named colours. The 

 markings should be as follows ; white muzzle, 

 white blaze up face, white collar round neck ; 

 white chest, forelegs, feet, and end of tail ; black 

 shadings on face and ears. If the blaze be wide 

 and runs through to the collar, a spot of the 

 body colour on the top of the head is desirable. 



