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tail. This is placed very low, has a downward crook at the root and 

 another at the end, is very short and fine in bone, and is never erected so 

 high as the level of the dog's back. The loins are strong and muscular, 

 as are also the hind quarters, the stifles turning out slightly, and the hocks 

 rather close together. The whole of the hind quarters are small, as com- 

 pared with the fore quarters, and are considerably higher. The coat is 

 very fine and smooth, and the hair very hard in texture. In showing 

 condition Toro weighs 901b. 



" The following are his exact measurements : Head, 22in. ; chop, close 

 up to eye, 14in. ; length of face from corner of eye to tip of nose, 

 2in. ; from corner of eye down to angle of mouth, 5in. ; between eyes 

 2fin. ; from ear to ear across forehead, 5in. ; from top of nose to 

 under jaw, Sin. ; projection of lower incisors beyond those in the upper 

 jaw when the mouth is closed lin. ; between canines in upper jaw, 

 2_on. ; in lower jaw about 2in., being broken ; round neck, 19in. ; length 

 of neck, 5in. ; round ribs, 31in. ; across chest, 13in. ; between forelegs, 

 9in. ; length of neck and body from apex of skull to root of tail, 30in. ; 

 round forearm, 8in ; round loins, 2 lin. ; height at shoulder, 22in. ; from 

 point of elbow to ground, llin. 



" Toro, although very forbidding in appearance, is exceedingly quiet and 

 docile, and is possessed of great intelligence ; he retains all the peculiar 

 attributes of the ancient British bulldog such as size, courage, &c. He 

 will only pin an animal by the head, and when fighting is perfectly silent 

 and utterly regardless of pain. He is rather slow in this movements, has 

 a rolling kind of gait, and carries his head low. 



" With such a dog as we have described to start with possessing as he 

 does form, size, courage, and, what is if anything of greater importance, 

 clean blood to cross out with the inbred stock which we have in England 

 Mr Adcock will, we think, have little difficulty in re-establishing this 

 ancient breed." 



The cross with Toro has proved exceedingly valuable, both upon the 

 show bench and in the increase in size, constitution and bone ; and, in 

 conjunction with the strains of my champion Ajax and Queen Bess, has 

 produced a dog, who, when full grown, will weigh from lOOlb. to 1121b. 



