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Title: 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
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-1934
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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ve mentioned above.But, despite all they can say to the con-trary, the breed is now in a more flourish-ing state than it ever has been ; and al-though perhaps we have not now, nor havehad for the last decade, a John o Gaunt ora Tower, there have been a large numberof dogs shown during that time who pos-sessed considerable merit and would prob-ably have held their own even in the days ofthese bygone heroes. Some of the mostnotable have been Baillie Friar, BeechgroveDonally, Goring of Auchentorlie, HempstedToby, and Preston Shot, who all earned thecoveted title of Champion. The best ofthis quintette, to my mind, was Goring ofAuchentorlie, who was picked up for asmall sum at a provincial show in Scotlandby Mr. C. A. Phillips and subsequently sold 28o THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. by him to Mr. Winton Smith. He was avery massive and typical dog, with a grandhead, and during a short career hardly eversuffered defeat. The bitches of late years certainly havenot been very remarkable, and I cannot
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h.m. the kings SANDRINGHAM LUCY BY BRAE OF HARDWICK SANDRINGHAM BLOSSOM. Photograph by Russell. think of a single one with whom I couldhonestly say I was satisfied since the retire-ment of Mr. McKennas Wycombe Rattle.The best, I think, was Winsford Briar, ofwhom I thought so highly that, after award-ing her several first prizes and a champion-ship or two, I purchased her from her thenowner, Mr. Oswald Burgess, in the hope thatI might breed something good. She wasvery typical, but not nearly big enough, anddisappointed me by proving an obstinatenon-breeder. Mr. Phillips brought out at the CrystalPalace Show of 1906 a young dog who, if allgoes well, is probably destined to earn greatfame—Rivington Rolfe. He is a very bigdog, full of Clumber type, with a massivehead, already at sixteen months old aswell broken up as most dogs are at fouryears, with sound and straight limbs, beingparticularly straight and true behind, whenso many Clumbers fail. He won in every class he competed in, and

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