. 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. THE MALTESE DOG. 449 virtually the founder of the modern Maltese. His Fido and Lily were certainly the most perfect representatives of the breed during the decade between i860 and 1870, and at the shows held at Birmingham, Islington, the Crystal Palace, and Cremorne Gardens, this beautiful brace was unapproachable. Somewhat later Lady Giffard, of Red Hill, and Mrs. Bligh Monk, of Coley Park, suc- ceeded in win
. 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. THE MALTESE DOG. 449 virtually the founder of the modern Maltese. His Fido and Lily were certainly the most perfect representatives of the breed during the decade between i860 and 1870, and at the shows held at Birmingham, Islington, the Crystal Palace, and Cremorne Gardens, this beautiful brace was unapproachable. Somewhat later Lady Giffard, of Red Hill, and Mrs. Bligh Monk, of Coley Park, suc- ceeded in winning the best prizes, and Mr. J. Jacobs, of Oxford, was a prominent com- petitor. Lady Giffard's Hugh was a par- ticularly lovely dog, with a " coat like floss silk, white as driven snow," and without a dark hair on aU his body. His eyes and nose were very dark. His weight was rather less than five pounds. About ten years ago Mr. J. W. Watts, of Birmingham, was almost alone in his emin- ence as a breeder and exhibitor. His Prince Lily White and Flossie were only less perfect than Mr. Mandeville's Fido and Lady Giffard's Hugh. More recently stiU the breed had its best representatives in Mr. Jacobs' Pixie, Mrs. Palmer's Sir Meneris, Miss Smith's Snowflake, Mrs. Fish's Little. MR. T. w. LEESE'S CH. LADY MACDONALD. Count, and the Hon. Mrs. McLaren Morri- son's Melita. The variety still remains in very few hands, but at the present time there are admirably typical specimens in Mrs. L. H. Chard's Little Lord Doricles, Ch. Snowflack, and Chingford Lassie ; Mrs. Carlo Cla'rke's Boule de Neige ; Mrs. Money's Sir White Major and Ladysmith Daddies, and Mr. T. W. Leese's Ch. Prince Lilywhite II., Major Mite and Ch. Lady Macdonald. Efforts have been made to acclimatise the Maltese dog in the United States, whither many of our best specimens have been ex- ported, but the American climate seems. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been
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