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page of Stud Book (at the end hereof) most suitable, but those used 

 suffice to show the proportion that the largeness of the skull and muzzle 

 and the shortness of the face which are the principal points of the true 

 breed should bear to the size, i.e., the weight of the animal. Any great 

 increase in size above 501b. must be the result of impure breeding with 

 foreign crosses, and, although giving larger measurements, they are 

 found, on comparison with the increased size, to be unaccompanied with 

 the corresponding increase desired (but rather a decrease) in the 

 proper proportions. For instance, a bulldog 461b. measuring 20in. 

 round skull, and a dog 901b. measuring 2 2 in. round skull, of totally 

 different types, but both awarded prizes as bulldogs, proves the necessity 

 of judging all dogs together by "general appearance," irrespective of 

 weight. 



COMPARATIVE TABLE OF MEASUREMENTS (IN INCHES). 



* Taken from Field, of September 29, 187S. 



The following description of the bulldog, was, after careful considera- 

 tion, adopted as the standard type of excellence for the breed by the 

 Bulldog Club, 1875 (of which I was then Hon. Secretary) together with 

 a scale of marks at which the several points mentioned in the club standard 

 are relatively valued, and forma of judging and stud books. In adopting 



