Country of origin: United Kingdom
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Registration: KC 218H
The bitch, Scottie, was a present from the Duke of Buccleuch, she being by His Grace's Drake out of his Belle. Her head is perfect, she has exactly the right sort of ears, a nice short back, and good loins; in fact, she is a splendid Labrador, right in every respect, except that her tail, instead of being carried quite straight out like that of an otter, is too much curled. Sentry and Single are brother and sister, being by Sixty out of Scottie, but the photograph of the former scarcely does him justice, as it was taken when he was little more than a year old, and it makes him appear too throaty. His coat, moreover, is tiner than it looks in the illustration, and he certainly stands more upriglit on his feet than portrayed. He is, in fact, a typical Labrador, but if
anything a little narrow between the eyes, whilst his tail is a trifle long. Single, too, is an almost perfect specimen of her breed, but there is always an " if," and therefore it may be observed that perhaps she has a rather staring eye and her ears are a trifle too far back. The group of the Hon. A. Holland-Hibbert and his dogs includes the quartette above referred to, and, in addition, Sarah, the dam of Sixty, Sud- bourne, Psaltery, and Sober, every one of which may be accepted as a typical specimen of a most valuable variety of sporting dog which is far too seldom met with in this country. |
