230 British Dogs. 



Meg, by Old King Dick ex Old Nell, by Old Dan. As Sir Anthony has 

 since unfortunately met with a fatal accident, a second engraving of 

 another very good, though not such a perfect, specimen is given. Mr. 

 Donkin's Byron of whom, in its report of the Bulldog Club's third 

 show, where Byron won second prize the "Live Stock Journal" said, 

 on May 16, 1879, " He is a red dog, broad in muzzle, with good legs and 

 chest, and excellent feet;" and "The Country" said, " He is a good 

 all round dog, with no faults, but no superlative qualities." Byron is a 

 red smut, 451bs., by Gibbon's Dan ex Eose, by Tiger ex Eush ; Tiger bj~ 

 Crib. 



Amongst the public stud dogs of the present day, the following, though 

 not each faultless, are considered to approach and fairly represent the true 

 type described and sought to be preserved and perfected : Mr. Eaper's 

 Tiger (full brother to Sir Anthony), Mr. Shirley's Sancho Panza, Mr. 

 Pearl's Duke, Mr. Benjamin's Smasher, Mr. Shaw's Sepoy, Mr.Verinder's 

 Slenderman, Mr. Ball's Lord Nelson, Capt. Holdsworth's Doon Brae, 

 Mr. Webb's Faust, and especially Mr. Donkin's Byron and Mr. Eaper's 

 Eichard Ccsur de Lion, for their possession of the broad lower jaw, with 

 the six front teeth in an even row the chief bulldog point to be 

 produced and transmitted, and in which too many of Crib's descendants 

 show a deplorable deficiency, very different from the bulldogs like the old 

 Boniface strain bred about twenty years ago by such breeders as Messrs. 

 Brent, H. Brown, Parker, Scott, Stockdale, Wickens, and Eivers- 

 Wilson. A new aspirant for supreme honours has lately put in an 

 appearance in the person of Monarch, bred by Mr. Berrie, which is 

 reported as more admirable than any bulldog of the present day. It 

 is, however, rumoured that even he will be forced to abdicate in his 

 turn in favour of Conqueror, a puppy of extraordinary promise, bred by 

 Mr. James Collins, from Slenderman ex Nell Gwynne. 



Breeders should remember, before deciding upon the sire, that correct 

 form and pedigree on the female side are quite as necessary for successful 

 breeding as on the male side, and that the numbers of prizes won by the 

 parents are no guide to judicious mating. 



By Mr. Dalziel's desire I append certain measurements of a few 

 specimens of both sexes of the breed (all I could procure in the short 

 time at my command) , in order to show the average proportions of the 

 true bred bulldog. I consider the measurements given in the specimen 



