The Bull Terrier. 43 



It was always to be much regretted that Mr. 

 Shirley did not endeavour, more than actually was 

 the case, to continue the variety ; and had he done 

 so there is no reason to doubt that the Ettington 

 Park Kennels might now be as noted for " little bull 

 terriers " as they are for wavy-coated retrievers. 

 Could such dogs as Nelson and Dick be produced 

 to-day, I should not be at all afraid of a return to 

 popularity of such a handsome strain. Messrs. J. F. 

 Godfrey, Hinks, J. Watts, Harry Nightingale, J. 

 Whillock, and E. Bailey, all of Birmingham or the 

 neighbourhood, from time to time had excellent bull 

 terriers under i61b. in weight, and in their days 

 they brought quite as much money as the larger 

 variety 



At one or two of our London shows an attempt 

 was made, similar to what was done with regard to 

 bull terriers other than white, to resuscitate the 

 little dogs by providing classes for them. The 

 result was, however, a failure, and the one or two 

 competitors were either bandy legged little creatures 

 or indifferent specimens of the English white terrier. 

 So we must take it that for the present the bull 

 terrier under islb. weight is lost, and that the 

 illustration on another page is actually out of place 

 in a book supposed to be given over to the descrip- 

 tion of modern dogs. We live in times of change 



