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list some sensation was caused. Whatever truth 

 there might have been in the story that was 

 bandied about relating to this dog, the writer can- 

 not state ; but it was said when he won his earlier 

 prize or prizes he was the property of one of the 

 judges who placed him third in priority, and who 

 afterwards sold him for a large sum. As the parties 

 to the transaction have been dead many years, there 

 can be no harm in alluding to what was common 

 report at that time, especially as it gives some little 

 idea of what could occur at dog shows before the 

 Kennel Club had become " so great a power in the 

 land." 



Another notable bull terrier of the same date was 

 Rebel (2770), and this dog had likewise belonged 

 to Mr. Smith, jun., and sold by him to Mr. W. H. 

 Akerigg, who turned him over to Mr. Leonard 

 Pilkington, now one of our most popular greyhound 

 coursers. Although Rebel had on occasions beaten 

 Young Puss, to whom he was said to be brother, he 

 was only a second-rate dog alongside her, and 

 inferior to both the Victors already named. 



I have mentioned these dogs at considerable 

 length because I believe they were as good as, if not 

 superior to, anything we have at the present time, 

 and when they were in their prime the classes of 

 bull terrier were better filled than is the case now. 



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