. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. 182 THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAGAZINE. ** Belmont British. By G. C. Glutton. TO flog fanciers "Belmont British" was knoA\u as one of the few al- most faultless specimens of bull-dog breed. But the fact that he was Grand Champion for 1922 did not make this far-famed animal impervious to the sud- den attack of sickness which quickly removed him from the canine world; death is no respecter of dogs. Must poor old "Belmont British" be put un- der the sod and forgotten as if he had been no more than a scavenging habitue of the back
. The Australian Museum magazine. Natural history. 182 THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM MAGAZINE. ** Belmont British. By G. C. Glutton. TO flog fanciers "Belmont British" was knoA\u as one of the few al- most faultless specimens of bull-dog breed. But the fact that he was Grand Champion for 1922 did not make this far-famed animal impervious to the sud- den attack of sickness which quickly removed him from the canine world; death is no respecter of dogs. Must poor old "Belmont British" be put un- der the sod and forgotten as if he had been no more than a scavenging habitue of the back lanes ? Perish the thought! His owner, Mr. G. Parsons, determined that his canine majesty should be pre- served in-a-11 his wrinkled beauty; and so the carcase of "Belmont British'' went not back to mother earth, but became the subject of earnest contemplation and tedious painstaking labour in the work- shops of the Australian Museum. I'hose who may take the opportunity of seeing this mounted specimen of a bull doa', now amongst the treasures of our Museum, may be interested to know something of the methods employed in carrying out the work. The mounting was done on a papier mache manikin (this being the first at- tempt uuide at the Museum to mount a specimen on a manikin) and the task before the preparator was to get a "true-to-life" reproduction. After the animal had been carefully skinned, salt and alum were rubbed on the skin and allowed to stand for a few. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Australian Museum; Australian Museum. Sydney, Australian Museum
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