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coarser than the elegant Deutsche Dogge 
of to-day. The bristly game was hunted 
in a more manly fashion than is now 
usual. He was bayed by light, active 
dogs, frequently a cross between the sheep- 
dog and the Spitz (Saufinder), and then 
attacked, covered, and held by powerful, 
heavy dogs (Hatzriiden), to be ultimately 
given the coup de griéce with the Saufeder, or 
boarspear. The hound needed. to be very 
powerful to attack an animal able to cleave 
his way unscarred through the thickest 
brushwood, and the fine coat and skin of 
our modern Great Dane was not sought for 
in the old Hatzriide; but with the advent 
of firearms and of the more comfortable 
methods of pursuing the grim Eber or his 
scarcely less dangerous consort the Bache, 
the original breed of heavy Hatzriiden 
disappeared, although his loose dewlap and 
coarse, hard coat recurred with persistency 
in some of the early strains of the Dane. 
Of existing breeds the one bearing the 
closest resemblance to the original German 
Boarhound is not the Great Dane, which 
should not be called a Boarhound at all, 
but the Rottweil Dog, usually called the 
Rottweiler Metzgerhund, or butcher’s dog 
of the town of Rottweil in South Ger- 
many, in which district it is, or was, 
largely used by the knights of the cleaver 
for driving cattle. It is a strong, powerfully 
built breed, not so tall or so graceful as the 
Great Dane. Its height averages 23 inches. 
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CH. POLKA DE MONTJOYE. , 
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The head is broad and domed, the ears are 
pendant, the expression is intelligent and 
courageous. The coat is not long, but thick, 
coarse and weather-resisting. The tail is 
thick, with the hair longer on the underside. 
The colour is black and rich tan, the 
markings being distributed in the manner 
common to dogs of this colour ; 
but occasionally red specimens 
are seen. 
The breed is already very 
scarce, and as there are no 
great inducements to its con- 
tinuance, even as a drover’s 
assistant, it seems probable 
that in a few years’ time it 
will have become extinct unless 
preserved from that fate by the 
club which has recently been 
revived in Germany with the 
purpose of resuscitating the 
breed. 
attention has, been paid in 
various countries to the train- 
FRENCH SMOOTH-COATED SHEEPDOG VOLTIGEUR 
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ing of dogs in the assistance 
of the police. The police dogs 
Police Dogs. — Considerable 
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