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celebrated bitch of the breed, named Fly, the property of~ 
the same gentleman who possessed the Blenheim Rose, 
once jumped from a third-story window into the street to 
follow her master, and alighted without injury. 
) This dog was used as a model by more than one sculp- 
tor, and we believe that she was the original of the cele- 
brated and artistic model in parian published by the artist 
potter of the day. The fonts of this animal are of course 
identical with those of the smooth English greyhound, 
but some preference in marks must be given for the 
fashionable colour at the time when the award is made. 
‘They are, therefore, as follows: — Head, 15; neck, 5; 
legs and feet, 15; shoulders, 10; hind quarters, 15; 
back, 10; symmetry, 10; tail, 5; colour and coat, 10; 
size, 5. 
The Pug Dog is now again in fashion, but between 
the years 1836-46 it was the rarest breed in Great Britain. 
About the year 1843 one or two specimens were obtained 
by a member of the Willoughly family, and, under his 
fostering care, admirable examples were produced. The 
old and absurd system of cropping off the whole of the 
ears prevailed, and this cruelty was excused because it 
occasioned that wrinkling and puckering of the forehead 
considered essential in a pug dog. The barbarous fashion 
was continued simply because it had been followed in the 
days of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, at any- 
rate up to the year 1804, when the dog was the rage; and 
very beautiful specimens thus mutilated have been ex- 
hibited at our modern dog shows. Within the last 
few years this unhappy custom has been on the wane, 
and where expediency cannot be pleaded, owing to 
the dog’s occupation, we trust such torture will be aban- 
doned. 
The pug, it is said, derives his name from a Greek 
word which forms the root of the Latin pugnuws, a fist, as 
his profile closely resembles a man’s hand when tightly 
clenched, This is open to question. It is more likely 
to have arisen from a study of the countenance, as well 
as general appearance of the animal, The jet-black 
