32 Modern Dogs. 



Joe Walker's called Crib, from Mr. James Roocroft's 

 Puss. Both these breeders also had white English 

 terriers, with which they had, I fancy, at some time 

 or other crossed the Hink's strain of bull terriers, 

 producing a very nice style of dog, not so heavy 

 and massive as those from the Black Country. This 

 dog Madman was a handsome and companionable 

 creature, and as good a swimmer as ever entered 

 the water. Bull terriers are often good water dogs, 

 and I remember the late Mr. Tom Pickett, of New- 

 castle, telling me of a bull terrier that he had, I think 

 it was Wallace, a prize winner, which won a swim- 

 ming match in the Tyne. 



Still, dealing with the doubt that clings to the 

 early bull terriers' pedigrees, to further complicate 

 matters the name " Victor " became a fashionable 

 one, and, including a " Young Victor," six such 

 appeared in the first Stud Book, and there are an 

 equal number called " Rebel." We must, however, 

 presume there was but one real " Madman," and 

 that belonged to Hinks ; Dr. Walsh illustrated 

 him in the " Dogs of the British Isles," and he, like 

 all contemporary writers, speaks highly of the sagacity 

 of the bull terrier, and of his adaptability as a com- 

 panion. He alludes to rough or wire-haired bull 

 terriers, which are, however, of no account, nor 

 ever were; and there is no doubt that the modern 



