Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-20
The Queens Pet Dogs.

breed would not only win the heart of any
dog-lover for their beauty, but they have
also earned the eIscting admiration of the
judges. These dogs belong to the Eski-
mo type of the canine species. They have
long, thick coat that seems to stand out
from the body, a tail which curls tightly
over and lies close to the back, foxy
head, small, erect ears, rather short legs,
short back, and q generally square and
thick-set appearance, in spite of which,
however, they are as active as kittens
Her majesty's pets are not Pomeranians in
the ordinary acceptance of the term, being
rather Italisn Spitz dogs. They all come
from Florence, where they were purchased
In 1888. The first of the vivacious group
In the court to stand still and look at us
while we regarded her was Gina, the win
ner of tbs two first prizes the first time
she was exhibited, which was ut the Agri-
cultural Hall in February, 1891. Gina's
coat has a lemon tinge in it, her weight Is
seven and q half pounds. Her plsy-fel-
low Lenda, who is six months younger,
did not appear in public till the Kennel
club held its show in April last year, when
she was placed second, being beaten by
Marco. Lenda is pretty buff color, with
blaze or white streak up her face, and
speck of white on her neck. The ''breech-
ing" or culotte, by which is understood
the dense, long fluffy coat which stands
out on the thighs, is particularly full and
handsome on Lenda; her head is also very
foxy, and of all the queens dogs she has
the best tail in shape and carriage.
Fluffy, winner of first prize at the Agri-
cultural Hall. is q wee little thing, the
smallest of the team Her own brother,
nino, is q much deeper tinge of brown; he
is higher on the legs than the others, not
compact enough in build, nor is his eI-
preston SO pleasing, still he attained third
of this litter, Gilda, was given to the
Duchess of Edinburgh, but it did not live.
Beppo next engaged our attention. He il
a very handsome white spitz, with just one
lemon patch by the eye. He has a black
nose which none of the others have, theirs
being brown, taking after their body col
or. The physique of Beppo is wonderful
ly true to the correct Spitz type. The
queen never stops at the kennels without
asking after two italian greyhounds, Dain-
ty and Bischs, for they were the favorite
dogs of the late wise and noble monarch,
the Emperor Frederick of Germany.
In the kennel adjoining the late Empe-
TOR Frederick's greyhounds are the queens
dachs-hunds, which are strongly built, and
of the old German type. Waldine is sight
years old and was bought in Darmstsdt;
she is a little bitch, black and-tan, with
forelegs well bent, but they are rather too
long. Waldmann. presented by the Prin-
cess Frederick, is the same color bu; has q
longer head. Rolfe is the only Eskimo
dog in the kennel; he is getting old. The
Royal pugs wore the same serious air that
one observes in the less highly houored
members of the race The siI-year
Brassey, named after the donor, is one of
the black pugs brought from Japan by the
late Lady Brassey. Zoe, by Penrice-Lil-
ly, born in the kennels, is too high on the
leg, but she has a nice black mask Paul
came from Darmstadt; he has not so much
quality as his unnamed son out of Mishka.
Prince Henry of Battenberg's Busco was q
most perfect little pug. Being asked why
several of the dogs were unnamed, Mr..
Brown replied that the queen always
names the dogs herself. We encountered
only three specimens of skye terriers.
from which we gather that this breed lie
not 81 popular as it used to be in the Home
Park kennels. Jock was bought from Mr..
Vine; he has q long, powerful head. drop
ears, lengthy body, and short legs, but not
enough coat; he is by Prince Charlie IL
Sherry. The other two are bitches and
| have prick ears. While examining the
Spitz dogs we had asked after the queens
own pet Marco, and now her majesty's
| Scottish servant arrived, having walked
down from the castle with Princess Henry
of Battenbergs collie Oswald, her msjes-
| ty's fox-terrier Spot, and Marco. Spot is
| q large white dog, with lemon heAd-mArk
ings. He has been the queens fsyorite
| dog for ten years. Marco is the handsom-
est specimen of his breed, and shares with
| two others, Spot and the collie Roy, the
home fsyors of his royal Ministries. he
possesses all the characteristics of the
| strain. The colOr of his coat, which Is SO
full as to be almost called bushy, is q rich
/ deep tawny-red; be weighs about twelve
pounds, and is now three years old Mar
i co, at the time of our visit, would have
been with the queen at Grasse had he not
been entered for the Kennel club show,
where he won first prize In his class, and
| q special cup as well.
Collies have always been q breed for
which her majesty has shown q prefer
ence, and this accounts for their number
/ in the royal kennels. The majority of
| them are black -whits-and-tan. Maggie Ia
so marked; she comes from ormskirk; but
is too heavy in head. Scottie, from
wellesbourne, is also lacking In quality,
and her ears are too large. A black-And-
tan from Mr.. Overton carries her ears like
q setter; and RainhA, daughter of Noble
IL, has the same fault. In the next ken
mel were young black-and-tAns by Glen
RainhA; sll have large ears. A brother 10
these, Roy, was st Grasse with the queen.
Hill next showed us three white collies
by the beautiful SNOWFALL, which was
presented 10 her majesty by Mr.. Charles.
1 BE is q noble animal, and Is justly deemed
/ one of the beauties of the kennel The
dam of the young white coIlies is Lilly,
/ the youngsters were eight months old AZ
| the time of our visit, and the hAndsomest
of the trio, Squire, her majesty has given
10 the Duchess of Albany. He was q we'll
| grown pup, with fine, intelligent head,
somewhat broad for the modern Judge; his
expression Is collie-like and beautiful, bat
IL Is pity that he does not carry his brown
ears higher, with just the tips falling for
ward, ssmi-srsct rs IL Ia called his broth
er, HASTE, was not such q handsome ami
NAL, but he may improve; the sister,
Betty, had almost the same sweet head as
Squire. The fox-terries At Windsor are
not docked, the non-observance Of such q
general custom being doubtless due 10 hu-
name considerations, but the terrier Judge
at once misses the smartness which the
docked stern appears TO impart The
Princess Henry Of Bsttenbsrg is very fond