The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-29

measurements given in connection with
 Great Danes. Mir. Angelos Goth II. stood 34 inches at the shoulders: MT.
 Trainers Thuggunh Thu was of equal
 height, and we fancy that Mrs. Will liamss handsome couple of hounds,
 Dermot Ashore and Wargrave, within trifle approach that figure, while MT.
 G. E. Crisp's O'Leary, benched at the
 latest Kennel Clubs show, went close
 up to S4k inches)a the shoulders. Per haps the finest, if not actually the tall
 eset, Irish wolfhound seen during the present generation appeared at Ising-
 ton in 1888. Colonel Garnier's Merlin,
 which, though not fully furnished,
 weighed 150 pounds and stood "A inches at the shoulders. The chances are he would have grown had he lived, but. like so many other good young dogs, he fell a victim to disease developed at the
 exhibition in question Owing to his
 somewhat graceful and slim build. the Irish hound is not a heavy dog, seldom exceeding the weight of Merlin.
 The bloodhound and the Newfound- land are sometimes placed under the category of big dogs, but both fall short in height and weight when placed along
 side other equally popular varieties. Then We have repeatedly been told stories of the great size of the mastiffs of Thibet, the height and weight of which were, it was said, only exceeded by their ferocity. Specimens have been occasionally imported to this country and did not reach even a hundred pounds in weight, and travellers who have seen them in their native coun- try have told us that the biggest speci- mems are inferior in size to our New foundlands. The borzois or Russian wolfhounds are, as rule, pretty tall, the largest of them coming up to about 30 inches at the shoulder, but in weight they are far behind many other varie- ties, about seven stones or fourteen pounds each being the extreme the best hounds can reach, and the Scottish deerhounds are some few pounds light CT and smaller generally
 There is crossbred Continental dog known as the Leonberg, which bears a reputation for bigness, but any speci- mems seen in this country are almost diminutive when placed alongside our biggest St. Bernards. Some of the Py- renean so-called "sheepdogs" so far as size is concerned, compare favorably with our largest dogs, and few years ago, in 1891, the well-known London dealer, Wilson, brought a splendid specimen of what he called an Afghan sheepdog for us to see. It stood hard on to 35 inches at the shoulders, and looked what it actually was, pretty we'll the tallest dog we ever saw, but it was by no means the heaviest.
 Our English mastiffs take but secon- diary place with regard to height, but their massive bodies and big bones ena- ble them to come out better, so far as weight is concerned and dogs up to one hundred and fifty pounds, and even one hundred and seventy pounds, are not unknown. although we imagine that of | late years this variety has, by inter- | breeding and other causes, somewhat | deteriorated in size, as it has certainly | done in general excellence.
 Although when the St. Bernard was | first introduced to this country the best | specimens were not of abnormal di- | they were large dogs, though | the best of them were certainly not | more than from one hundred and forty | to one hundred and fifty pounds in weight. The famous Barry, of the hos pice, who, by reason of his saving the !