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good backing, as it takes a great amount of time, patience, 

 and money to import, breed,. and show them. 



The late Mr. James Hinks, of Birmingham, England, 

 will long be remembered as one who did more than any 

 other individual to improve the Bull Terrier, and many of 

 our best specimens bear testimony to that fact, as they date 

 to his strain. Since Mr. Hinks' death, his son Frederick 

 has brought out more good Bull Terriers than anyone else. 

 Most all of the leading breeders have dipped deeply into 

 Hinks' Old Victor strain. 



Of the more modern strains, the Marquis and Dutch are 

 the most prominent. The former gets the shorter body and 

 better tails, while the latter gets better eyes and longer 

 heads, but the dogs have not the Terrier character of the 

 Marquis strain. Many who own Bull Terriers, and find the 

 name of Dutch in their pedigree, think, no doubt, that he 

 was a great winner. Such was not the case, I can assure 

 them, as I had the pleasure of seeing Dutch in Birming- 

 ham, England, during the summer of 1887. 



When Dutch was a mere puppy he was sent out to keep, 

 and the man who had charge of him was fond of telling the 

 eld-r Mr. Hinks how well he was getting on, and particu- 

 larly of his wonderful chest development. When about 

 nine months old he was brought in, and was found to be 

 completely ruined for the show bench, as he had been kept 

 on a chain for so long a time that he was so far out at 

 elbows, in front and behind, as to be declared deformed. 

 Having been ruined for the show bench, he was put at stud, 

 and made a name greater than any prize-winner. 



While speaking of stud dogs, 1 may say that my stud, 

 dog Bendigo would not rank high as a show dog, being too 

 much out at elbows, but his record as a sire of prize-win- 

 ners bids fair to eclipse Dutch's. From this fact it will be 



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 Chicago; William Mariner, 405 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. ; J. C. Mahler, 

 31 Taggert street, Allegheny, Penn.; E. S. Porter, New Haven, Conn.; A. 

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