564 The Dog Book 



breast and paws; stern somewhat thick and brush-like. He had a split 

 nose, and the skin, instead of being black, was a bluish colour. That this 

 was a true mastiff colour I was aware from having seen an English mastiff 

 bitch of exactly the same colour and markings at Lord Stanley's of Alderley." 

 How Mr. Wynn could conclude that was a true mastiff colour from seeing 

 but one specimen is rather strange. The natural conclusion would have 

 been that she had some foreign ancestry. 



Another curiosity with this same letter was a blueprint of a sketch from 

 the picture of Lord Waldegrave's Couchez, taken, as he says on page 164 of 

 his book, from a drawing made from an old oil painting, and it is surprising 

 that Mr. Wynn did not notice the marked resemblance it bore to the Reinagle 

 mastiff. 



We have shown very clearly, we think, that the mastiff of 1885 was a 

 very different animal in the accentuation of head type from the early show 

 dogs, and that the latter were considered remarkable can be shown by the 

 fact that Turk was sold for ^2^500. In the Elaine and Pontiff period there 

 were a memorable number of mastiffs in England. In fact, it was the high- 

 water mark of the breed, for there never was a time when there were so many 

 high-class dogs on the English show benches. We cannot give the space 

 that really should be devoted to even a mention by names, and will content 

 ourselves with a reference to Crown Prince whose career was phenomenal. 

 The photograph of Crown Prince which we reproduce is unique as being so 

 far as we know the only one ever published of this historical dog. It was 

 undoubtedly taken when he was past his prime, and likely about the 

 time we saw him, December, 1883. He was then a physical wreck and Dr. 

 Forbes Winslow only permitted us to see him because we were from America. 

 The dog tottered out and as he turned his head towards us our companion 

 turned with a shudder and the exclamation " Oh, what horrible eyes. " 

 Crown Prince's eyes were a very decided yellow and were anything but 

 pleasing in expression, being then sunk in his head. He also had a flesh- 

 coloured nose. Yet such was the craze for the short, square head at that 

 time that he had an almost unbeaten record, and his progeny were 

 also very successful; for of course he was bred from very largely. His 

 pedigree was recorded as by Young Prince out of Merlin, but there 

 is not the shadow of a doubt that The Emperor, kept- at the same 

 kennel as Young Prince, was the dog that sired Crown Prince. 

 The Emperor was by The Shah, a very successful dog, but long ini 



