. 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 . ed pedigree and superlative typemay partly account for this decline, andanother reason of unpopularity may be that the Mastiff requires so much attentionto keep him in condition that without ithe is apt to become indolent and , the mischief of breeding toocontinuously from one strain such as thatof Crown Prince has to some extent beeneradicated, and we have had many splendidMastiffs since his tim
. 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 . ed pedigree and superlative typemay partly account for this decline, andanother reason of unpopularity may be that the Mastiff requires so much attentionto keep him in condition that without ithe is apt to become indolent and , the mischief of breeding toocontinuously from one strain such as thatof Crown Prince has to some extent beeneradicated, and we have had many splendidMastiffs since his time. Crown Prince wasby no means the only great Mastiff bredin Mr. Woolmores kennels. Special men-tion should be made of that grand bitchCambrian Princess (12,833), by Beau. Shewas purchased by Mrs. Willins, who, matingher with Maximilian (a dog of her ownbreeding by The Emperor), obtained Mint-ing, who shared with Beaufort the reputationof being unapproached for all round meritin any period. It was a misfortune to thebreed that Minting was allowed to leavethis country for the United States, wherehe was easily able to hold his own on theshow bench. Beaufort, his only equal, not. THE BEAUTIFUL FAWN MASTIFF CH. MINTING BY MAXIMILIAN-—CAMBRIAN PRINCESS. EXPORTED IN 1SBS TO THE UNITED STATES, WHERE HE WAS REGARDEDAS SECOND ONLY TO CH. BEAUFORTPhotograph by Schreiber. 26 THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. arriving in America until after Mintingsdeath. Of Mastiff breeders of recent yearsMr. J. Sidney Turner will always be remem- nificent is one of
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