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malformation would never have been shown, or, at 

 any rate, he would never have attained that high 

 position which Grand Prior appears to have done. 



Other modern large-sized bull terriers of more 

 than ordinary excellence have been Messrs. C. and 

 P. Lea's Greenhill Wonder and Faultless ; Mr. T. F. 

 Gibson's Sherbourne King ; Mr. G. H. Marshall's 

 Boston Wonder; Mr. J. W. Gibson's Bellerby 

 Queen ; Mr. J. R. Pratt's Greenhill Surprise ; Mr. 

 F. Bateson's Lord Gully, Perseverance, and Le 

 Rose ; Mr. R. J. Hartley's Hanover Daisy ; and 

 this list might be considerably extended, though I 

 have probably mentioned the best bull terriers up to 

 date. 



Three years ago, the late Jesse Oswell, of Bir- 

 mingham a prize-fighter by profession, but a 

 gentleman in nature had some good dogs, nor 

 must the names of Mr. F. Hinks, Birmingham ; Mr. 

 J. S. Diggle, Chorlton-upon-Medlock ; Mr. James 

 Chatwin, Edgbaston ; Messrs. Mariott and Green, 

 Gloucester; Mr. J. Rickards, Birmingham; Mr. 

 J. H. Ryder, Manchester; Mr. W. J. Pegg, 

 Woodcote, Epsom ; Mr. Firmstone, Stourbridge ; 

 and Mr. C. L. Boyce, be forgotten, as the owners 

 and breeders of choice specimens of this variety. 

 In London, Mr. A. George, a son of the great Bill 

 George, has given much attention to the breeding 



