'Our canine friends in this state have recently been the subject of a survey by the Chappel Kennel Foundation, Rockford, Ill. The New York State survey was part of the nationwide "dog breed census" covering 44.988 of the animals kept for companionship or exhibition.

Some interesting facts wore broagmt to light in the course of the Inquiry, the main one being that purebred dogs are on the increase. The larger and more heavily coated breeds predominate in the rural sections, while the smaller breeds and those having smooth, wiry, or silky coats are found, for the most part, in the large centers of populalon. Pug dogs and mastiffs, which were at the height of popularity at the beginning of the present century, have now all but disappeared.'