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triever; all we could make of him was that he was a mon- 

 grel from Toronto, Following are the 

 AWARDS. 



ENGLISH SETTERS.— Champion — Dog and bitch: Memphis 

 and Avent Kennels' Paul Gladstone and Juno A.— Open— Dogs: 

 1st, Memphis and Avent Kennels 1 Roderigo; 2d, S. L. Boggs's Key- 

 stone. Vcrv high com. reserve, A. G. Karnaugh's Dude. Very 

 high com.. W. B. Well's Mingo, W. H. Jarvis's Lexinprton. High 

 com., S. L. Bogps's Blue Prince, E. V. Hale's Pride of Dixie, J. 

 Kime's Blue Joint, J. E. Piatt's London. Com., T. Donofdme's 

 Count Noble's Druid. Bitches: S. L. Boggs's Lady Rock; 2d, C. A. 

 Stone's Forest, Fern. Very high com.. W. B.Wells's Dinah G., Mem- 

 phis and Avent Kennels' Dixie. High com., T. Donoghue's Dicta- 

 tor's Queen and Dart Gladstone. E, Richards's Canadian Lassie, J. 

 Ki rue's Lucy Bee. Com., T. Donoghue's Jcanette and Blue Cubas, 

 Detroit Kennel Club s Kelp and Rachel, S, L. Boggs's Sparkle, C. 

 Smith's Lady and J. Chatter's Lady Paris.— Itjppies— Dof/s: 1st, 

 Memphis and Avent Kennels' Claude; 2d, Detroit Kenuel Club's 

 Frank Bcrwvn. Very high com., C. A. Stone's Forest Sportsman. 

 High com., 'J. O. Home's Westmoreland. Com., C. A. Stone's 

 Forest Sport, D. O'Shea's Prince, T. K. Savage's Tasso. Bitches: 

 1st, E. Richard's Eclipse; 2d, J E. Patterson's Louise Gladstone. 

 Very high com., C. B. Merriam's Flash. 



IRISH SETTERS.— Ciiamtion— Doj;: Dr. Wm. Jarvis's Elcho, 

 Jr. Bitch: U. E. Chubb's Zilla Gleudulf.— Open— nogs: 1st, D. L. 

 GarminhnnlV Max: 2d. H. E. Chubb's Glenduff. Very high com., 

 C. Hanitch's York. High com., Dr. C. Spaler's Dashing Elcho. 

 Com., L. Lea's Pix and Earl of Bantry. Bitches: 1st, L. Lee's 

 Fame; 2d, T. Donoghue's Irish Maud.— Puppies— Doffs: 1st and 

 special, H. E. Chubb's Glenttuff; 2d, C. M. Nelles's Beau. Bitches: 

 1st, C. M. Nelles's Mona; 2d, T. Donoghue's Irish Lass. 



BLACK ANDTANSETTERS.-Champion-Doo: W. Hammett's 

 Roval Duke.— Open— D«(/tf: 1st, W. E. Rothermel's Don: 2d, E. A. 

 Cldbitz's Dashing Count. Very high com., A. G. Harhaugb's 

 Sport; R. Schmidt's Dan. Bitches: 1st, W. Hammett's Rose; 2d, 

 F. W. J. BaU's Lottie. High com., T. Donoghue's Malissa. 



POINTERS.— Labi, e— Champion — Don: Detroit Kennel Club's 

 King Bow. Bitch: Idstone Kennels' Lady Croxteth.— Open— Dof/s: 

 1st, Gillman & Barnes's Lansdowne; 2d, Idstone Kennels' Patter- 

 son. Very high com.. Detroit Kennel (Tub's Fleet, J. R. Daniels's 

 Donald's 'Ranger. High com., Mrs. C. I. Engel's Young Meteor. 

 Com., R. Schmidt's Bow Faust. Bitches: 1st, C. White's Mollie 

 Faust; 2d, E. Richard's Queen. Very high com.. Detroit Kennel 

 Club's Bow Queen.— Small— Champion— Dock J. H. Craft's Robin 

 Adair. Bitcii: C. M. Munhall's Patti M.— Open— Dogs: 1st, Day- 

 ton Kennel Club's Rumpty: 2d, C.!M. Dix's Hamlet Sleaford. High 

 com., F. Billings's Tamarack. Bitches: 1st., T. Donoghue's Juno D.; 

 2d, J. A. Powell's Hyppolite. Very high com., Detroit Kemiel 

 Club's Lady Pearl and Rose Pape. High com., Detroit Kennel 

 Club's Judy. Com., Columbus Kennels' Corsican Tobe..— Puppies 

 —Dogs: 1st and 2d, Detroit Kennel Club's Storm Bow and Crow 

 Bow. Verv high com.. .1. H. Walker's Blneher. Bitches: 1st, 

 Detroit Kennel Club's Countess Lill; 2d, J. H. Craft's Maggie Ma- 

 guire. 



IRISH WATER SPANIELS.— Champion— Dog: Stock & Chis- 

 holm's Patsey O'Connor— Open— Digs: 1st, J. D. Alcott's The 

 O'Donoshue; 2d, Excelsior Irish Water Spaniel Kennels' Patsey 



O'Donoghue. 



FIELD SPANIELS.— Open— Don; J. L. Curtis's Kaysi— Bitches: 

 1st, J. Roche's Fan II.; 2d, R. G. Wilkie's London Jet. 



COCKERS.— ANr Color except Black, under 28lrs— Cham- 

 pion— C. M. Nelles's Little Red Rover.— Open— 1st, H. G. Charles- 

 worth's Dandy; 2d, C. M. Nelles's Rage. Very high com., H. S. 

 Falls's Tony. High com., A. Laidlaw's Robin.— Black, under 

 20lbs.— Champion- C. M. Nelles's Brant.— Open— Dogs: 1st, C. M. 

 Nelles's Obo, Jr., A. Ross's Smut. Very high com., H. A. Carter's 

 Hector. High com., American Cocker Kennels' Dixie. Com., A. 



G. Wilkie's Count Obo.— Bitches: 1st, H. G. Charlesworth's Miss 

 Ladybird; 2d aud very high com. reserve, C. M. Nelles's FrouFrou 

 and' Juno W. Very high com., F. E. Curtis's Woodstock Flirt, 

 J. S. Niven's Busy, Q. Henry's Ladv of the Lake. High com., C. 

 M. Nelles's Bonita, H. G. Charlesworth's Ladybird Obo. Miss E. 

 Saunders's Cora,. Com., Abbotk's Belle Obo.— Puppies, any 

 Color— Dogs: 1st, C. M. Nelles's Guy; 2d, R. G. Wilkie's Count 

 Obo. Very high com., J. A. Roche's Nob. High com., C. M. 

 Nelles's Jack B., American Cocker Kennels' Dixie, O. Henry's Sir 

 John A. Com., A. Laidlaw's Robin, A. Ross's Tom.— Bitches: 1st, 



C. M. Nelles's Frou Frou;2d, H. G. Charlesworth's Vesta. High 

 com. and com.. R. G. Wilkie's Black Bess and Zulu. 



BEAGLES.— Champion— Mrs. C. White's Champion Bonnie.— 

 Open- Over 12in.— Dogs: 1st, D. O'Shea's Tomboy; 2d and very 

 high com., J. Brass's Dexter and Dan. Bitches: 1st, 2d and high 

 com., J. Brass's Rela. Belle and Flora. Verv high com., D. O'Shea's 

 Hastv. Hitrh com.. C. M. Nelles's Betty.— Under ISin.— Dogs : 1st, 

 Mrs. 0. White's Bugle. Bitches: 1st, D. O'Shea's Foremaid ; 2d, 

 J. Bross's Roxy. High com., Mrs. C. White's Fairie. High com., 



H. B. Nichols's Banner Queen . Puppies : 1st, D. O'Shea's Music IV. 

 DACHSHUNDE. — Open — 1st, Idstonek's Prince ; 2d, P. Lach's 



Lisette. Verv liigh com., L. Melchor's Gertrude. High com., W. 

 KyU's Fix. 



FOXHOUNDS.— American and English— Champion— Dog and 

 hitch: D. O'Shea's Ranger and Roxey. American— Open— Dogs; 1st, 

 2d, very high com. and 2 bitch corns., H. E. Cook's Brave, Roderick. 

 Roderic EL, IIcc. and Willie H. Com., D. O'Shea's Leader. Bitches: 

 1st, 2d, 2 verv high com. and 4 com., H. E. Cook's Rose, Flv, Wild, 

 Spottie, Fannie, Pearl, Flash and Belle II.— Enulilh— Dogs: 1st 

 withheld ; 2d, II. Card's Sportsman. Bit-elm: 1st withheld ; 2d, D. 

 O'Shea's Romade.— American and Kngucsh— Puppies : 1st, II. E. 

 Cook's Roderic II ; 2d, E. R. Hickerson's Cook. Very high com., 



D. O'Shea's Forester. High com., H. E. Cook's Flash and Pearl. 

 Com., H. E. Cook's Jewel and Fly. 



COLLIES.— Champion— Doa: Chestnut Hill Kennels' Scotilla.— 

 Open— Dogs; 1st, CheHtnut Hill Kennels' Dublin Scot; 2d and very 

 high com., reserve, McE wen and Gibson's Bonnie Duntroon and 

 Bonnie Dunkeld. Very high com., Chestnut Hill Kennels' Bonnie 

 Scotland. Com., J. P. Teagau's Nero. Bitches: 1st, McEwen and 

 Gibson's Bonnie. Brae; 2d and high com., Chestnut Hill Kennels' 

 Spoiled Miss and Gem. Com., Abbott Kennels' Flyaway, A. R, 

 Kvle's Heather Belle. Puppies — Dogs: 1st, McEwen and Gibson's 

 Carrick. Bitclies: 1st, McEwen and Gibson's Jess. 



MASTIFFS. — Dogs: 1st, Wacouta Kennels' Wacouta Nap; 2d, 

 R. R. Oesterrei eh's Ashmont Tiger. Very high com., J. Stroh's 

 Nero. High com., J. Mahoney's Prince Bismark. High com., A. 

 Laidlaw's Leo, E. L. Thomas's Jeffrey and C. C. Cook's Ca?sar II. 

 Bitches: b t, Wacouta Kennels' Wacouta Rose; 2d, E. Oesterreich's 

 Ashmont Bess. Very high com. reserve and high com., J. Maho- 

 ney's Betsy Baker and Kathleen Mavourneen. High com., Miss 

 Maclean's Meg Merrilies. Com., J. Mahoney's Margarette and C. 

 C.Cook's Rena. PuiJpics: 1st, H. T. Buchanan's Tom Snyder; 2d, 

 C. C. Cook's Rena. 



ST. BERNARDS.— Rough-Coated — Champion— Do£r: R. J. 

 Sawyer's Sir Charles. Bitch: R. J. Sawyer's Swiss Beda.— Open— 

 Dogs: 1st. H. Newberry's Julien; 2d, Mohawk Kennels' Marco Palo. 

 Very high com., Hospice Kennels' Had jar. High com., R. Storrs's 

 Rex. Bitclies: 1st, R. J. Sawyer's PI inthia; 2d, Mohawk Kennels' 

 Noma. High com., R. J. Sawyer's Floss and Dudley Kennels' im- 

 ported Mercedes. Com., R. J. Sawyer's Prisc-illa. Puppies: 1st, 

 Dudley Kennels' Monte Cristo.— Smooth-Coated-Champion— 

 Dog: Alta Kennels' Montrose.— Open— Dogs: 1st, T. Stephenson's 

 Darby. Bitches: 1st, Hospice Kennels' Queen of Sheba; 2d, T. 

 Stephenson's Joan. 



NEWFOUNDLANDS.— Dofs: 1st and 2d, D. O'Shea's Bruno and 

 Leo. Bitclies: 1st, D. O'Shea's Juno; 2d, J. Struthers's Juno II. 

 Puppies: 1st, D. O'Shea's Carlo; 2d, A. Card's Queen. 



GREAT DANES. — Champion — Dog: Osceola Kennels' Don Caa- 

 sar. Bitch: Wolverine Kennel Club's Ju ad. — Open— Dogi; 1st, A. 

 Trinkle's Brock: 2d, Wolverine Kennel Club's Csesar. Very high 

 com., P. Merker's Nero. High com., Wolverine Kennel Club's 

 Nero. Com., A. Goebel's Siegfried, p. Merker's Pluto. Bitches: 

 1st and high com., Wolverine Kennel Club's Paula and Lady Gray; 

 2d, A. Trinkle's BeUe. Very high com., A. Goebel's Ladv Saw- 

 telle. Com., W. F. Krehl's Minca. Puppies: 1st, E. Ortman's 

 Brutus. Very high com. and com., Wolverine Kennel Club's Don 

 and Augusta. 



DEERHOUNDS. — Bitches: 1st, W. F. Krehl's Rube; 2d, S. W. 

 Skinner's Maida. Puppies— Dogs: 1st, S. W. Skinner's Ronald; 

 2d, W. H. Mullin's Custer. 



GREYHOUNDS.— Champion— Terra Cotta Kennels' Memnon.— 

 Open— Dogs: 1st, F. C, Whitney's Bob; 2d, C. T. Reed's Rake. Very 

 high com., W. R, Branch's Hcber. High com., Abbott Kennels' 

 Leicester Laddie. Com., C. F. Reed's Rake. Bitches: 1st, J. F. 

 Nicholson's BcRe. Com., E. Marehall's Branch and Jewel. Pup- 

 pies: 1st, J. E. Kingstou's Maud K.; 2d, withheld, 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS— 1st. J. H. Bishop's Max. 



BULLDOGS.— Open— Bitches: 1st, D. Maclean's Mape. Puppies: 

 1st, W, W, Campbell's Maggie May. ' 



MASTIFF. 

 [From the American Kennel Register.] 



BULL-TERRIERS.- Champion- Dog and Bitch: F. F. Dole's 

 Count and Maggie May. — -Large — Open — 1st, F. F, Dole's Young 

 Count; 2d, W. W. Silvey's The Baron. Very high com., W. A. 

 Shaw's Miss Norah.— Small— 1st, withheld; 2d, A. C. Orvis's Kit. 

 Puppies: Prizes withheld. 



FON-TERRIERS.— Champion— Doa: R. Gibson's Fennel— Open 



—Dogs: 1st, 's Lvtham Ben; 2d, E. Lever's Little Swell. Very 



high com., R. Gibson's Mischief. Com., J. H. Walker's Avenger. 

 Bitches: 1st aud 2d, R. Gibson's imported Gaudy and Belvoir Tea- 

 gle.— Puppies— Dogs: 1st, withheld; 2d, R. Gibson's Mischief. 

 Bitches: 1st, withheld, 2d, W. Campbell's Bell. 



SCOTCH TERRIERS.— Open— Dogs: 1st, 2d aud high com., J. H. 

 Navlor's Glen Garrv, Glen Gow and Glenlyon. Com., D. O'Shea's 

 Major. Bitclies: 1st and 2d, J. H. Naylor's Fannie Fern and Rosie. 



BLACK AND TAN TERRIERS. — Large— 1st, G. Bell's Bessie; 



,;u, vv . L-iUMiJutu ^ uiuy. vt'iy uign cujjx., ,t . iitwugduo 



Pincher. Bitches: 1st, W. Campbell's Trix. 2d, T. Blake's Tiney. 

 Very high com., D. Martin's Tiney. 



DANDLE DINMONTS.— Open— Dogs: 1st, J, Rae's Bobbie Burns, 

 2d and very high com., J. H. Naylor's Cromwell aud Bonny Briton. 

 Bitches: 1st and 2d, Pansy and Pride of Leader. High com., W. 

 P. Burns's Uno. 



IRISH TERRIERS.— 1st, J. O. Home's Eileen; 2d, C. T. Thomp- 

 son's Geesela. Very high com. and com., D. O'Shea's Erin and 

 Fly. 



SKYE TERRIERS.— 1st, and 2d, J. H. Naylor's Drollie and Har- 

 rie. High com., D. Maclean's Creepie. 



YORKSHIRE TERRIERS.— 1st, W. Campbell's Rowdy. 2d, F. 

 Wild's Crickett. High com., L. Brown's Topsy. Com., Vv.H. 

 Newton's Polly. 



BEDLINGTON TERRIERS.— 1st E. C. Goldman's Hillside Sal- 

 lie. 2d and verv high com., I). O'Shea's Belle 11. and Sting. High 

 com., W. W. Silvey's Rocks. Com., D. Martin's Benjamin RosS. 



WHITE ENGLISH TERRIERS.— Prizes withheld. 



PUGS.— Champion— Dog: Mrs. G. H. Hill's Champion Joe. Bitch: 

 Mohawk Kennels' Bo-Peep.— Open— Dogs: 1st, J. R. Richard's Pud- 

 gie; 2d, C. Schwcin's Punch. Verv high com., O. W. Delano's Don 

 Bitches: 1st, G. Bell's What's That; 2d, Mohawk Kennels' Frankie 

 C. High com., O. W. Delano's Kate, T. Billing's Dot. Com., Mrs. 

 14. A. Bliss's Dot. Puppies: 1st, Mohawk Kennels' Frankie C; 2d, 

 H. A. Bliss's Tot. Very high com., G. Gillivan's Talent. High 

 com., J. H. Lyrick's Jumbo. Com., J. W. Walker's MoUy, Miss M. 

 Edson's Don, Jr. 



KING CHARLES SPANIELS.-lst, C. Sander's Mickey S. 



BLENHEIM SPANIELS— 1st, Miss L. Hart's Little Banjo. 



MISCELLANEOUS. — Large— 1st, Glencoe Collie Kennels' Sir 

 Lucifer (bob-tailed sheep dog); 2d, G. Bell's Sandy ("Russian 

 retriever").— Small— 1st, Miss I. A. Jones's Topsy (Maltese). Very 

 high com., D. O'Shea's Nellie (toy-terrier) and Miss M. J. Sinclair's 

 Joli (Bolognese spaniel). 



AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB METHODS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



"1 hope I don't intrude; "but query; the proxy of the Pitts- 

 burgh Club was cast in support of Mr. Munhall; the Cleve- 

 land Club was the only defender of "pewter medals"; I smell 

 a rat. Was the proxy "instructed?" If so, doesn't it look 

 like "a job?" 



I must protest against Mr. Peshall's proposed mode of set- 

 tling the difficulty. The A. K. C. has now twice given a 

 "final decision." Are three times the charm? If so, why so? 

 If the A. K. C. can reverse itself twice, why not twenty times 

 twice? If an officer of the club, voting on a proxy, gives 

 cause for a rehash, and the same officer, without a proxy, or 

 any authority of any kind, can move for the rehash, w r hy not 

 hold a meeting of the protestor (or as Mr. Peshall inimitably 

 puts it, "a sub-proxy, when the proxy for the sub-proxy was 

 the protestor") and call in a "majority" of gutter snipes to 

 vote the decision of the august A. K. C. ? 



The only solution of the difficulty, that will restore the 

 tarnished honor of the A. K. C, is the defiance by the New 

 Jersey Kennel Club of this preposterous summerset, and a 

 declaration by the A. K. C. that the action at the May meet- 

 ing was utterly null and void, and a direction that it be ex- 

 punged from the minutes. 



The only satisfactory thing the delegates of the Detroit 

 and St. Paul clubs can do is to state that they voted not 

 knowing that a final decision had not been given six months 

 previous, and that they thought they were voting on an 

 open question. 



Just imagine the consequences of this ridiculous "bare- 

 backed" act being allowed to stand as authority. Jones 

 protests against Smith. The A. K. C.'s first "final" is in 

 favor of Smith. Jones "hustles" in the most approved ward 

 politics style, gets a majority with him, and gets a "final" 

 number two. But Smith is no fool and he "sees the boys," 

 gets a meeting of his, and secures "final" number three. 

 Hey, how is that? Of course, the securer of each "final" 

 immediately demands his "hoodie." Well, that "specula- 

 tive" show we used to hear rumors of, sees herein a bright 

 idea, they get a protest from a "Mrs. Harris" for every 

 award, and nold the money for the "final final." That's the 

 racket, boys, W. WADE. 



Hulton, Pa„ May 27. 



A BIGGER NUT FOR MR. RENDLE TO CRACK.— 

 Editor Forest and Stream: One of your city con temporaries 

 contains the following "nut": "Constable Biker has bad an 

 eye on Mr. Rendle's dogs, and in looking up the records for 

 information in cases where persons had been accused of 

 keeping dogs without a license, found that none of Mr. Ben- 

 die's pure-blooded canines had been duly registered accord- 

 ing to law. Then he made a complaint, and Mr. Rendle 

 came before the Justice yesterday and pleaded guilty to 

 keeping two dogs without a license, and paid a fine of $11 and 

 costs,"— Charles H, Mason. 



MASTIFF TYPE. 



\"\7 E are able to present to our readers an old illustration 

 V * of the mastiff that has so far escaped all writers on 

 dogs. It is from "Bingley's Memoirs of British Quadru- 

 peds," London, 1809, a copy of which, after a long search , was 

 at last found. From the excellence of the workmanship, it 

 is fair to presume that some pains was taken in securing a 

 faithful likeness, and it will be noticed that it is a revela- 

 tion, in presenting the extreme bulldog type, as existing 

 eighty years since. It may be remembered that Mr. Wynn. 

 Mr. Hutchings, Mr. Haldeman and Mr. Wade have discussed 

 this question of what the original type was, Mr. Wynn main- 

 taining that the bulldog type was the original, real thing, 

 and the others differing and going to various lengths in 

 claiming the modified St. Bernard type as the correct and 

 original one. To our mind, all are wrong. A study of the 

 heads of King (called Governor's by mistake), Turk and Han- 

 bury's Duchess in American Kennel Register of November, 

 1885, will conclusively show that at their date the bulldog 

 type was not the fashionable one. and the pictures in the 

 "Sportsman's Cabinet," as copied in Capt. Brown's book, 

 and Vero Shaw, also sustain this view; but here we have a 

 picture, eighty years old, that shows the extreme of bulldog, 

 undershot, short-muzzled type. 



We believe the fact to be, that there was no such thing as 

 type in the early days; dogs were bred for use alone, no strict 

 definitions as to type being thought of, and a few character- 

 istics, such as size, speed, liabits, etc., were the only distin- 

 guishing marks of different breeds. Bingley dwells very 

 little on the shape of the mastiff, what Ave now call "type," 

 devoting bis remarks almost exclusively to the habits, tem- 

 perament, etc., of the breed, attributing to them exactly the 

 faithful, wise, watching qualities their admirers now claim 

 for them. 



We propose to continue illustrations from Bingley of other 

 breeds, as may be of interest to our readers.— American 

 Kennel Register for May. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



The admirable illustration of an English mastiff, taken 

 from "Bingley's Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, " given in 

 the May number of the American Kennel Register, is 

 worthy of more than cursory notice by lovers of this noble 

 breed of dogs. As the editor "pertinently alleges, "From the 

 excellence of the workmanship, it is fair to presume that 

 some pains was taken in securing a faithful likeness, and it 

 will he noticed that it is a revelation, in presenting the ex- 

 treme bulldog type, as existing eighty years since." 



In the lengthy discussion in your columns upon the ques- 

 tion of what the original type was, I confined myself to 

 pointing out supposed inaccuracies of enthusiastic breeders 

 who are struggling to perfect a type unknown a hundred 

 years ago. To quote the article in the American Kennel 

 Register again: "We believe the fact to be. that there was 

 no such thing as type in the early days." This has always 

 been my decided opinion. 



The Old English Mastiff Club having adopted a description 

 of what a modern bench show mastiff should be, it is the 

 duty of those who wish to produce such dogs to follow their 

 rules, and judges should make their awards consistent with 

 this standard. There is no doubt in my mind that both 

 bulldog and mastiff are derived from a similar source. Old 

 Xfictures support my belief, Darwin has conclusively proven 

 that all pigeons had a common origin— the wild rock pigeon 

 — and it is probable that the various breeds of domestic dogs 

 have descended from a few. or possibly one, wild prototype. 

 From a limited variety 7 of dogs, many have been made and 

 are still multiplied. What annoys the mastiff fancier of 

 to-day is the inconsistence of our judges. One is governed 

 entirely by the shortness of the dog's muzzle, another by size 

 and ability to move easily, while still another is undecided 

 between the two extremes, and divides the prizes between 

 the different types brought before him, in the most incon- 

 gruous fashion. 



Until recently the bulldog "layback" on a mastiff was un- 

 known. I doubt if, formerly, the bulldog himself had this 

 extremely short upper jaw, which is now his chief character- 

 istic. A modem bulldog, had he to hunt his meat, would 

 starve to death, ditto mastiff. 



Formerly dogs were bred for certain uses, and it was the 

 mastiff's duty to watch and protect his master's house. He 

 was made large to command attention and impress tres- 

 passers with fear. As a guard dog speed was not essential, 

 but strength of limbs, body, neck and jaws were indespens- 

 able. In breeding for fancied points all these grand charac- 

 teristics of the mastiff have been ignored. The prize win- 

 ning mastiff of to-day cannot walk, much less spring upon a 

 man, nor could he take hold even if he did manage to get 

 at him. As a guard he cannot compare with the despicable 

 "yaller" dog. 



The show mastiff is a new creation, and off the bench no 

 one would have any use for him. Offer a brute of this kind 

 to a person not acquainted with bench shows and your gift 

 would be refused. The ladies call them "horrid brutes," 

 yet they "go wild" over a dog the type of King and Turk. 

 Deformeties are always repulsive, symmetrical and regularly 

 proportioned animals are a pleasure to look upon, 



As long as short-nosed cripples are awarded prizes, let 

 those who want them breed that type of mastiffs, but let us 

 encourage as much as possible the breeding of a large, heavy 

 mastiff, of medium length of muzzle and of the noble quali- 

 ties of mind that endeared them to their masters in former 

 times. Are not mastiffs as a breed growing stupid and list- 

 less ? If so, what use are thev, and why keep them at aU ? 



Victor M. Haldeman. 



