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colours, and sizes, some of which were far from prepossessing in 

 appearance, we have one recognised type and colour, which has 

 found favour with many gentlemen who would never think of pos- 

 sessing a specimen of the smut, brindle, or patched varieties. The 

 late James Hinks, Birmingham, 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 from his strain. There are two strains that breeders go 

 back to for pedigree one known as that of a celebrity called 

 Madman, and the other Old Victor, both of which passed through 

 the hands of the late Mr. Hinks ; but the latter is the fashionable 

 blood of the day." 



Although there is a big substratum of truth underlying what Mr. 

 Tredinnick says above, yet the writer is of opinion that classes might 

 very well be provided for " Bull-terriers Other than White," so long 

 as the dogs were typical of the variety. At the present day, however, 

 it is the opinion of the best judges of the variety that if the United 

 Kingdom could be scoured, it would not be possible to find half 

 a dozen Bull-terriers other than white (marked white ones are of 

 course excepted, as there are plenty of those) up to show form. 



In reference to colour, it may be observed that the rule to exclude 

 all but white dogs from the prize list has not been absolute. For 

 instance, Young Victor, the son of Old Victor, and the champion dog 

 of his day, had a brindle-marked cheek, and was known as the 

 " patched dog " and the " marked-eyed dog " ; and since his time a 

 similarly marked and excellent Bull-terrier, owned by Mr. Battersby, 

 of Durham, and also named Victor, has won many prizes at North- 

 country shows. Young Victor, the patched dog, was maliciously 

 poisoned at Hull Show, 1877, where he had taken first prize. Other 

 patched dogs that have received awards might also be mentioned. 



The pedigrees of Bull-terriers are a subject of confusion which 

 even a Highland seer might be pardoned for failing to unravel. 

 The pedigree of the champion dog Como (K.S.C.B. 19,314) is given 

 simply to point out how meaningless and misleading it is : 



f Old Victor 



COMO 



(19,314) 



(Mrs. J. Wright's) 



Lucy 



(Hinks's) 



[Old Prince 



[MAGGIE MAY J ( Hinks ' s > m . , 

 (10,829) | Rit | D 



