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effect of compressing the bone and cartilage and of turning 

 the nose up as desired. This cruel and inhuman operation 

 was performed when the puppies were but a few weeks old. 

 It was practiced only in private, and whenever the perpe- 

 trators were detected in the act they were severely and 

 justly punished. 



The following may be mentioned among the many Amer- 

 ican breeders or owners of good Bulldogs: Hillside Ken- 

 nels, Lancaster, Mass. ; E. S. Porter, New Haven, Conn. ; 

 R. B. Sawyer, Birmingham, Conn. ; Retnor Kennels, 4 West 

 Sixty-sixth street, New York City; J. Lee Tailer, 12 East 

 Tenth street, New York City; John H. Matthews, 333 East 

 Twenty-sixth street, New York City; W. J. Comstock, 220 

 Canal street, Providence, R. L; H. D. Kendall, Lowell, 

 Mass.; William J. Leckie, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; F. R. 

 Yarick, Manchester, N. H. ; J. P. Barnard, North Wey- 

 mouth, Mass. ; J. W. Heitz, Burlington, Iowa; H. P. 

 McKean, Jr., Pulaski avenue, German town, Penn. ; R.W. 

 Livingston, New York City. 



The following is the scale of points as adopted by the 

 New Bulldog Club in 1875: 



General appearance. Symmetrical formation ; shape, 

 make, style, and fineness. Points, 10. 



Skull. Size, height, breadth, and squareness of skull, 

 shape, flatness, and wrinkles of forehead. Points, 15. 



Stop. Depth, breadth, and extent. Points, 5. 



Eyes. Position, size, shape, and color. . Points, 5. 



Ears. Position, size, shape, carriage, and thinness. 

 Points, 5. 



Face. Shortness, breadth, and wrinkle of face; breadth, 

 bluntness, squareness, and upward turn of muzzle; position, 

 breadth, size, and backward indication of tip of nose; size, 

 width, blackness of, and depth between, nostrils. Points, 5. 



Chop. Size and complete covering of front teeth. 

 Points, 5. 



Mouth. Width, squareness of jaws, projection and up- 

 ward turn of lower jaw; size and condition of teeth, and if 

 the six lower front teeth are in an even row. Points, 5. 



