The Mastiff 



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her from Crabtree about 1830. In tabulated form the pedigree is as 

 follows : 



( Robinson's Bold 

 i Holdsworth*s Lion . . . . < 



fN"" -j (Rose 



Sir G. Armitages J ( Duchess 



Old Tiger 



1 Tinv .1 " _ 



' Holdsworth's Lion 



Dorah ^ 



(1826) 



„. ( Watcrton's Tiger 



LTiny 1 



( Bet 



("Nostal Priory Lion. 

 Sir G. Annitage's J 

 Duchess or Venus | 



ICrabtree's Venus . 



( Trusty 

 Watcrton's Tiger 



Bet . 



Duchess 



C Holdsworth's Lion 



I 



Duchess 



The inbreeding in this pedigree is very noticeable, and also that in the 

 third generation there are two crosses of the Great Dane, Watcrton's Tiger. 



Mr. J.W.Thompson had previously got a bitch from Bill George, which 

 was named Juno and was a rough-coated brindle. She was bred to a dog 

 called Fenton's Tiger, of which nothing is known. Dorah was also bred to 

 this same Tiger, who according to Mr. Thompson was one of the largest 

 mastiffs he ever saw, and was very good in coat. From the second mating 

 came the Athrington Hall Lion, and to this dog Mr. Thompson bred a bitch 

 he had bought from a gentleman in Surrey. Her name was Cymba, and she 

 was a smooth fawn of 26 inches height. One of the results from this mating 

 was a bitch known as Thornton's Juno. Dorah was also mated with a dog 

 of Sir E. Willmott's called Lion. His pedigree is unknown, but some one 

 was authority for the statement that he was "the finest mastiff he had ever 

 seen." There is some doubt as to the Bess from the litter. In the Turk 

 pedigree Bess is put down as the dam of Dr. Ellis's Lion, whereas Wynn 

 says Bess went to John Crabtree as a puppy, and he says that this Lion was 

 out of Thompson's Juno. It is not a material point, as all we desire to show 

 is where the "back numbers" came from. Now that was J. W. Thomp- 

 son's start. One bitch, one quarter Great Dane, bred to dogs not one of which 

 had a known pedigree. When he had got thus far in his breeding, he began 

 to get stock from Lukey and we know what that was. There does not seem 

 to be any doubt, however, that Mr. Thompson had type in his mind other 

 than mere size, such as Mr. Lukey went in for more strongly. Thompson's 

 ideal was a heavy dog of medium size, and if he got his type he seemed per- 

 fectly willing to consider dogs of 27 inches tall enough. 



