The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20
ST. BERNARD FAMOUS
/ AS NOBLEST OF DOGS
Four Footed Heroes From the
Mountain IIospicc Known
All Over World.
SIR BEDINERE TIE BEST

dining room At the llC-Dicc ~ s.. Bcr-
nard In the Swiss Ans. The picture ps.---
trays the dressing VI the frost bitten
hand Of = traveller, and IN the foreground
stands an excellent rcpr,sent'tiy" oi the
smooth or short coated tyne Of ST B,r-
nard dog, the kind that always has been
q favoritc at the lospicr.
No Country has had more To do with
tho furthcrlncr Of the interests 90 81
Bcrnards tram has America indeed IL
was the United States during tho sos
and 'g0s which furnished much the larg.
est bulk ~ money fpr the best specimens
that could then be bought IN Europe At.
that period the 81 Bernard boom was at
its height.
II is not known when the first dogs
were at tn. hospic,. but certain i Is that
they took Tn lr name from tile institution
on the great st. bernard pass across the
main chain of the Alps. founded or per-
haps refunded by St Bernard OF Men.
thou. who died In 1881. since the twelfth
~ early thirteenth century . has been In
charge of q community OF Austin canons,
tho mother house being at Mas gtN.
Annually the servants Of thu cnnons. and
the famous dogs, save many lives. espe-
cially Of Italian worl(mcn crossing tho
pass As Is well known the mobility OF
Thc St Bernard dogs has been immor-
talized by pen and brush
The considerable aGe Of the 81. Bernard
dog breed may he traced through paint
inrs and there is one that was put on
public view IN London in 1897 that would
AZ least Identity the dogs with the early
fifteenth century II was "A picture or
three Of the breed and painted by Ross.
p Dutch artist. who died IN 1891. Joseph
Tod well known London picture re-
>,orer and at one time prominent eN
hbitor OF dogs. owned. ar partly owned.
that canvas. II j. worthy Of note that
IN the year 1856 the convent ~ sion. OF
The borders OF the Nlps. was attacked by
rufians. The villains demanded none,
from the MONKS. who pleaded poverty and
led their unwelcome visitors upstairs 10
whore their little money was boarded.
When the door was opened the dogs
rushed out ana fell upon tn" mtruders.
killing some Of them and Frightening the
others away. The -. BERNARD is gen.
orally q very quiet dog. hut whom he -
aroused h" * not slow to attack any per-
son or ANNA that appears to he u men,
acc To his master. The voice nt thu -.
Bernard is deep and sOnorous and sunl-
cient in itself to give warning 10 The
would-be marauder without and the
household within and at rest
The method of tho ST. BERNARD in
searching for persons lost IN the snow is
the general ne Of hunting here and seek
ing there. The -. Bernard. because II
his broad head. his heavy lirs. big nose
and large nos.rils. il a dog with the OIL
factory nerves largely developed. His
sceptiug powers are remarkable and his
"rosc" Is OF course 81 great service t.
him I'm his nuest Z p the lost. when
found with tho uppo; part OF the hody
EXPOSED the dog lies over tho chest OF
tire man and licking the face with his
large and hot tongue often Is the means
Of r. stnrng animation with his loud
voice the dog proclaims that a human IL
IN trouble and IN due time the sufferer -
taken to the hospice.
The first ST Bernards TO arrive IN
England from switzerland were brought
10 the former country about 1915. Land
seer painted one. NJ the age Of ~ rSi5l
h drew a majestic 81 bernard dog 50
finely that his hr Their Thomas engraved
and published the work. II will he re-
membered that this early drawing Of Sir
Edwin was called THE Alpine Maetin %
it was. however. 81. Bernard.
One Of the best known and written
about -. Demands owned At the nos
pice was "A dog called Barry. lie was
a very small dog In stature a. cnn-
pared with the giant dogs IT tn" la.
three decades. Barry saved many human
lives and HIS stuffed skin may ice seen
In the Natural History Museum At
Rern to-day. Barry WIS q brindl" and
white dog, with white muzzlc, no blaze.
rather long in head narrow in muzzle NJ
the end, but with good width below tho
eye. He stood about tNcn'y-slN inches a,
the shoulder. j. /. Smith of sheffield,
England who sent So many e the best
81. Demands t. America positively states
that after carefully examining the skin
OF the hind legs that Barry never in lie
had dew claws
Since the Barry NJ 90 inches there have
been dogs Of from 81 TO 81 inches. 1t
was in the 'Sos that tn. boom began in
what was then designated THE Holy
Freed. rn@"c was scarcely a week In