206 WATCHDOGS AND HOUSE-DOGS. 



"Waldegrave, a splendid high-couraged dog. I kept two brindled 

 bitch pups; and with great interest and considerable cost I 

 obtained the use of 'Pluto,' the Marquis of Hertford's well- 

 known mastiff dog, considered by judges the finest and best-bred 

 dog of his day, and valued immensely by the Marquis. I have 

 not had any other cross but the ' Turk ' and ' Pluto ' breed, 

 having kept bitches from the one and dogs from the other. 

 " Wallace," the grandsire of the dog engraved, was an immense 

 animal, standing 33 inches at the shoulder, 50 inches round the 

 body, and weighed 1 7 2 lbs. The Nepaulese Princes bought his 

 brother and sister at eight months old, and gave £105 for them. 

 The late Pasha of Egypt for five successive years had two pair 

 of whelps (brindled) sent spring and autumn from Southamp- 

 ton. — T. L." 



The mastiff, like the bulldog, has had his would-be improvers 

 in the wrong direction, among whom may be reckoned Mr. King- 

 don, who, in his attempt to go back to what he calls the " pure 

 breed," has produced a miserable substitute for such a shape as 

 that of " Wallace," " Governor," " Prince," and their like. I shall 

 not, however, go farther into this question, which has lately been 

 settled in favour of the Lukey type, mainly by the aid of Cap- 

 tain Gamier, Mr. E. Hanbury, and Mr. Lukey himself. Captain 

 Gamier thus writes of his own strain : — 



" I bought of Bill George a pair of mastiffs, whose produce, fey good luck, 

 afterwards turned out some of the finest specimens of the breed I ever saw. 

 The dog ' Adam ' was one of a pair of Lyme Hall mastiffs, bought by Bill George 

 at Tattersall's. He was a different stamp of dog to the present Lyme breed. 

 He stood 30^ inches at the shoulder, with length of body and good muscular 

 shoulders and loins, but was just slightly deficient in depth of body and 

 breadth of forehead ; and from the peculiar forward lay of his small ears, and 

 from his produce, I have since suspected a remote dash of boarhound in him. 

 The bitch was obtained by Bill George from a dealer in Leadenhall Market. 

 Nothing was known of her pedigree, but I am as convinced of its purity as I 



