. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. CH. CHU-ERH OF ALDERBOURNE BY MANCHU TAO-TAI MANCHU WEI WEI. MRS. TORRENS' CH GOODWOOD CHUN ev GOODWOOD PUT-SING GOODWOOD NA LA. MISS F A. MATHIAS' MARLAND MYTH BY GOODWOOD MING KAN TIEN. Tao - Tai, Goodwood Ming, Marland iMyth, and others. It must, however, be clearly admitted that smce the popu- larity of the breed has become estab- lished we unluckily see scores of Pekinese in the show-r'ng who have lost al


. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. CH. CHU-ERH OF ALDERBOURNE BY MANCHU TAO-TAI MANCHU WEI WEI. MRS. TORRENS' CH GOODWOOD CHUN ev GOODWOOD PUT-SING GOODWOOD NA LA. MISS F A. MATHIAS' MARLAND MYTH BY GOODWOOD MING KAN TIEN. Tao - Tai, Goodwood Ming, Marland iMyth, and others. It must, however, be clearly admitted that smce the popu- larity of the breed has become estab- lished we unluckily see scores of Pekinese in the show-r'ng who have lost all resemblance to the original type, and for this the Pe- kinese Club is in some measure to blame. The original points for the guidance of breeders and judges were drawn up by Lady Samuclson, Mrs. Douglas Murray, and the writer, and we fixed the maxuuum size at lo lb., which we considered a \'ery generous margin. Since then the club has amended the scale of points, no doubt m order to secure a larger membership, and the maximum now stands at i8 lb. Is it therefore to be wondered at that confusion exists as to what is the true type 'â ' At shows there should be two distinct classes ; the. 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 Leighton, Robert, 1859-. London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited


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