Asus, 
specimen all round, who has proved himself 
an exceedingly good stud dog. Amongst 
other prominent exhibitors and breeders 
of black Pugs are Mrs. Raleigh Grey—who 
in Rhoda owned one of the best females 
of the breed—Miss H. Cooper, Mrs. 
Recketts, and Mrs. Kingdon. 
The Mopshund is the name given in 
Germany to the Pug, and there is on the 
Continent a long-haired variety of doubt- 
ful ancestry. In France it is called the 
Carlin a poil long, and in most respects 
it is recognisable as a Pug with an ample 
silky coat and a bushy tail. The tail, 
however, is not curled tight, but carried 
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lightly over the back. It is said to 
resemble the now almost extinct dog 
of Alicante. Not many years ago Her 
Majesty the Queen possessed a dog of this 
kind named Quiz, and some expert who 
inquired into its origin pronounced it to 
be a mongrel or a freak. Dog owners who 
keep Pugs and Pomeranians indiscriminately 
together, will know how such a freak may 
sometimes be unintentionally achieved. 
There is a smooth-coated variety of the 
Pekinese Spaniel which closely resembles 
the modern Pug: a circumstance which 
adds weight to the theory that the Pug 
is of Chinese origin. 
MISS C. ROSA LITTLE'S 
CH. BETTY OF POMFRET (rawn) AND 
CH. LADY MIMOSA (etacx). 
