The Bull Terrier. 51 



Mr. Pegg at Curzon Hall in 1893, was absolutely 

 disqualified by the judge, Mr. Hartley. 



This disqualification caused a considerable amount 

 of sensation and unpleasantness at the time, and it 

 was sought to prove that the dog was not actually 

 totally deaf. Perhaps he was not what is called 

 " stone deaf," but he was about as " hard of 

 hearing " as a white fox terrier I once owned, of 

 which a friend wittily remarked, " it could hear 

 well enough when you rang its tail." Still White 

 Wonder was, in my opinion, sufficiently deaf to 

 justify the action of the judge in the matter. 



A very dark hazel eye is desirable, and the small 

 pig-like eyes, with flesh-coloured eye-lids, are to be 

 guarded against. Cherry-coloured or flesh-coloured 

 noses, or parti-coloured noses, should likewise be a 

 severe handicap, if not actual disqualification. The 

 weights ought to be divided dogs and bitches 

 under i5lb. ; dogs and bitches under 3olb. ; and 

 dogs and bitches over 3olb. in weight. 



Some bull terriers go up to 45lb., or even 5olb., in 

 weight, but such animals are in reality too big, and 

 as a rule when of such a size they lack symmetry, 

 and have more than an inclination to be coarse and 

 heavy in the head. It is one of the most difficult 

 points to achieve in breeding bull terriers, to have 

 them clean and pleasant in the muzzle, i.e., free 



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