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is one of the few Pugs that have a level 
mouth, and he is squarer in muzzle than 
most bigger dogs, whilst few Pugs have 
as much wrinkle and loose skin. He, how- 
has his faults, as he might be a little 
in coat, and he has not black toe- 
nails. The late Mr. W. L. Sheffield, of 
Birmingham, was an admirer of small 
Pugs, his Ch. Stingo Sniffles being a 
beautiful specimen and quite the right 
ever, 
finer 
MISS L. BURNETT'S CH. MASTER JASPER 
BY BASINGSTOKE EMERALD——SALLY OF 
SWARLAND. 
Photograph by Russell. 
size. The late Mr. Maule’s Royal Duke 
reminds one what a fawn Pug should be, 
and Mrs. Brittain had two famous Pugs, 
whilst Mr. Mayo’s Ch. Earl of Presbury, 
Mr. Roberts’ IWeely Shrimp, and Mr. Har- 
vey Nixon’s Ch. Royal Rip were very 
grand dogs. Mrs. Benson’s Ch. Julius 
Ceesar has had a successful career; he was 
bred by the late Mrs. Dunn, who owned a 
large kennel of good Pugs; and Miss 
Little’s Ch. Betty of Pomfret was an ex- 
cellent one of the right size. Another very 
beautiful little Pug is Mrs. James Currie’s 
Ch. Sylvia. 
The black Pug is a more recent produc- 
tion. He was brought into notice in 1886, 
when Lady Brassey exhibited some at the 
Maidstone Show. Mr. Rawdon Lee, how- 
ever, tells us, in “ Modern Dogs,”’ that the 
late Queen Victoria had one of the black 
variety in her possession half a century ago, 
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and that a photograph of the dog is to be 
seen in one of the Royal albums. This, 
however, does not prove that a variety of 
black Pugs existed in any numbers, and 
the same may be said should white Pugs 
become popular at some future date, for 
in 1892 Miss Dalziel exhibited a white Pug 
at Birmingham. This dog, however, was 
not really white, although it might have 
been made the link in the production of a 
variety of white Pugs. The black Pug, 
however, came upon the scene about the 
time mentioned, and he came to stay. By 
whom he was manufactured is not a matter 
of much importance, as with the fawn Pug 
in existence there was not much difficulty 
in crossing it with the shortest-faced black 
dog of small size that could be found, and 
then back again to the fawn, and the thing 
was done. Fawn and black Pugs are con- 
tinually being bred together, and, as a 
rule, if judgment is used in the selection 
of suitable crosses, the puppies are sound 
in colour, whether fawn or black. In every 
respect except markings the black Pug 
should be built on the same lines as the 
fawn, and be a cobby little dog with short 
back and well-developed hindquarters, wide 
in skull, with square and blunt muzzle 
and tightly-curled tail. Her Majesty 
Queen Alexandra, when Princess of 
WwW. ales, owned some very good black Pugs, 
but the first dog of the variety that could 
hold its own with the fawns was Ch. Duke 
Beira, a handsome fellow, who was the 
property of the late Miss C. F. A. Jenkin- 
son. Then Mr. Summers startled the Pug 
world by buying the famous Ch. Chotee 
for £200. This price was, however, sur- 
passed when the late Marquis of Anglesey 
gave £250 for Jack Valentine, who is still 
very much in evidence, sharing the hearth- 
rug with his comrade Grindley King. Jack 
Valentine was bred by Miss J. W. Neish, 
who has a fine kennel of black Pugs at 
The Laws, in Forfarshire. Dr. Tulk has 
a famous stud dog in Ch. Bobbie Burns, 
who is probably the shortest faced black 
Pug that has ever been bre -d; and a dog 
that has quickly forced his w ay to the front 
is Mrs. F. Howell’s Ch. Mister Dandy, who 
is a beautiful specimen of the breed: but the 
biggest winner up to the present time has 
been Miss Daniel’s Ch. Bouji, an excellent 
