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about, and no dog will have greater love for his master 

 than the game, handsome, and affectionate Bull Terrier." 



By nature he is especially fitted for a companion for 

 either a gentleman, a lady, or children, while as a house- 

 dog he has no superior; for, besides being kind and affec- 

 tionate to children, he is an excellent watch-dog and an 

 expert ratter. 



In breeding the Bull Terrier to the best possible advan- 

 tage, care should be taken in selecting the sire, which should 

 be a dog of strong Terrier character. In nearly every 

 litter there are some puppies that are marked either with 

 brown, brindle, or black. Most breeders destroy these, 

 which I think is entirely wrong, for often in this way we lose 

 some of our best specimens. Although Mark-eyed Victor 

 took his name from the brindle patch around his eye, he 

 won numerous prizes, and was undoubtedly the best dog of 

 his day. 



Champion Trentham Dutch, winner and sire of winners, 

 has a marked ear. This dog was bred by Mr. J. R. Pratt,' 

 of Stoke-upon-Trent, England, whose name will be handed 

 down among the Bull Terrier fanciers the world over as the 

 breeder of the greatest litter of Bull Terriers ever known. 

 This litter was by Dutch, out of Champion Maggie May. 

 In the litter was Champion Queen of the May, Harvester, 

 and Champion Trentham Dutch. 



Mr. Pratt retained the two former, which were pure 

 white, and sold the marked dog for seven dollars and fifty 

 cents. The purchaser sold him again to Mr. Simon Field- 

 ing, the well-known Bull Terrier fancier, who kept him, and 

 had the satisfaction of beating the other two. While in 

 England, I would have bought Trentham Dutch, but I was 

 influenced by a disciple of another school not to do so, 

 which I have always regretted, as he has proved himself a 

 worthy sire. 



The prize-winning strain in the breed of Bull Terriers 

 assumes the same regularity as in the case of celebrated 

 horses. Maggie May, whom I imported in 1886, supplied 

 the show bench in England for several years with winners. 



