THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 197 
brindled mastiff bitch, at a high price (£40), from the Duke of 
Devonshire’s stud. I bred from her with a fawn black-muzzled 
dog, ‘Turk,’ the property of the late Lord Waldegrave, a splendid 
high-couraged dog. I kept two brindled bitch pups; and with 
great interest and considerable cost I obtained the use of ‘ Pluto,’ 
the Marquis of Hertford’s well-known mastiff dog, considered by 
judges the finest and best-bred dog of his day, and valued im- 
mensely by the Marquis. I have not had any other cross but the 
‘Turk’ and ‘Pluto’ breed, having kept bitches from the one 
and dogs from the other. ‘ Wallace,’ the grandsire of the dog 
engraved, was an immense animal, standing 33 inches at the 
shoulder, 50 inches round the body, and weighed 172 Ibs. The 
Nepanlese Princes bought his brother and sister at eight months 
old, and gave £105 for them. The late Pasha of Egypt for five 
successive years had two pair of whelps (brindled) sent spring and 
autumn from Southampton.—T. L.” 
The mastiff, like the bulldog, has had his would-be improvers in 
the wrong direction, among whom may be reckoned Mr. Kingdon, 
who, in his attempt to go back to what he calls the “ pure breed,” 
has produced a miserable substitute for such a shape as that ot 
“ Wallace,” “‘ Governor,” “ Prince,” and their like. I shall not, how- 
ever, go further into this question, which has lately been settled in 
favour of the Lukey type, mainly by the aid of. Captain, Garnier, 
Mr. E. Hanbury, and Mr. Lukey himself. Captain Garnier thus 
writes of his own strain :— 
“Thought of Bill George a pair of mastiffs, whose produce, by good luck, 
afterwards turned out some of the finest specimens of the breed I ever saw. 
The dog ‘Adam’ was one of a pair of Lyme Hall mastiffs, bought by Bill 
George at Tattersall’s. He was a different stamp of dog to the present Lyme 
breed., He stood 30$ inches at the shoulder, with length of body and good 
muscular shoulders and loins, but was just slightly deficient in depth of body 
and breadth of forehead ; and froin the peculiar forward lay of his small ears, 
and from his produce, I have since suspected a remote dash of boarhound in 
him. The bitch was obtained by Bill George from-a dealer in Leadenhall 
Market. Nothing was known of her pedigree, but I am as convinced of its 
purity as I am doubtful of that of the dog. There was nothing striking about 
her. She was old, her shoulders a trifle flat, and she had a grey muzzle;.but 
withal stood 29 inches at the shoulder, had a broad round head, good lovin, 
and deep, lengthy frame, From crossing these dogs with various strains, I was 
