A GOOD TYPE OF THE MODERN BULL TEKKIEK 



In the mind of the pubUc, much confusion exists as to what a bull terrier is, and the name is 

 often applied to anything that looks like a bulldog. The breed is really very well defined 

 and established, and has lost all of the characteristic bulldog appearance and temperament. 

 The imported champion "The Outwood Hope," shown above, is a good example of the 

 real bull terrier of the present day. (Fig. 18.) 



dog. Thus Gully the Great, a marked 

 dog, appears thirty times in the pedigree, 

 while Old Dutch appears twelve times 

 although "all wrong" in legs. The 

 latter's claim to greatness rests on his 

 head formation which, as shown by 

 Fig. 14, made him a desirable stud. 



The writer ])racticed intensified line 

 breeding on Michael who has but one 

 grand-sire and one great-grandsire. 

 Neither of his i)arents was marked 

 although one grand-dam was marked 

 (on the head) and his grandsire has 

 averaged perhaps one marked dog in 

 every ten. On the other hand the great- 

 grand-dam Cham])ion Iris tended to 

 be deficient in ])igmentation. Michael 

 as shown by Fig. 15, is marked black 

 and tan on one ear and the coat under 

 the ear. 



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This litter resulted from the first 

 breeding of the dam, to her half brother. 

 The fact that there were but two 

 puppies and one was marked does not 

 in the writer's oi^inion, in itself, possess 

 any definite significance. Both jnipjjies 

 were strong and healthy. Michael will 

 be a heavy weight, ])robably 50 pounds, 

 while Susie will resemble her dam and 

 remain in the neighborhood of 35 

 pounds. 



The standard jxTmits two distinct 

 sizes, i. e., "less than 35 ])ounds" 

 weight and about 17 inches high, and 

 "over 35 ]5ounds" and about 20 inches 

 high. B(jth sizes may occur in the 

 same litter, the leg bones of the heavy- 

 weights being noticeably heavier even 

 in puppies. 



