This gentleman used to keep a good kennel of St. Bernards at Ravensdale, Tunbridge Wells, but I do not remember seeing any of his dogs for some years past. He was in early life one of the most notable cricketers of his day, and was also in the Association football team at Oxford. After some ups and downs he bred a celebrated St. Bernard Champion Andromeda, and his purchase of Abyss from Mr. Norris-Elye was practically the foundation of his kennel.

Mr. R. T. Thornton's Smooth-Coated St. Bernard Triton.

By permission of the British Fancier.

Triton, the Smooth whose portrait I am able to give, by Champion Guide, was a most typical dog and a great winner in his day. From Abyss, by Lord Bute, he bred in one litter Albula and Beautiful Abbess, afterwards belonging to Mr. Norris-Elye.

To give a list of the many good specimens bred or owned by this gentleman would be too lengthy an affair for this sketch.

Mr. Thornton did not confine himself to dogs, as he was for some years the Hon. Secretary of the Poultry Club, and a successful breeder and exhibitor of Brown Leghorns and Andalusians, eventually winning outright the Challenge Cup for the last-named variety.

In speaking of his dogs I ought to have mentioned that he was the breeder of Albani, by Gresham's Minstrel Boy out of Thornton's Abyss, who inherited the deep and square muzzle distinctive of sire and dam, with a most typical head. This bitch bred to Triton some grand stock.

I am pleased to be able to give a portrait of one of his many good dogs, and to include his name amongst the Doggy People sketched in this book.