BULL TERRIER 



ear is that known as the *^ rose," it being formed so that 

 the tips turn backwards, and thus show the inside burr. 



The neck is short and massive, and carries a double 

 dewlap, whilst the chest is wide and deep, the ribs well 

 rounded, and the back short and ^^ wheel " or ^' roach" 

 shaped, that is, higher at the loins — which are slender, 

 though powerful — than it is at the shoulders, and grace- 

 fully curved, not rising in a straight line. The fore-legs are 

 short, straight, and very heavy in bone, the muscles on the 

 outside being so strongly developed as to produce an 

 appearance of crookedness, but crooked fore-legs or ankles 

 are very bad points in connection with a bulldog, and 

 should not be encouraged. The forefeet should be round, 

 of good size, and compact, a splayed foot being a nasty 

 fault ; the stifles and hocks of the hind-legs should be rather 

 straight, and the latter slightly turned in ; whilst the tail, 

 which ought to be set on low, is short and fine, and 

 incapable of being carried over the back ; it is also more 

 or less crooked as a rule. 



The coat is short and rather fine, but not silky, the 

 best colours being brindle, fawn, red, and white, but 

 brindle-pieds, fawn-pieds, and red-pieds all have their 

 admirers. Black markings, excepting on the muzzle, in 

 which case the dogs bearing them are referred to as smuts, 

 should disqualify any bulldog, and so should a light- 

 coloured eye, or deformed legs. The weight varies from 

 22 lbs. to 60 lbs., but from 45 lbs. to 50 lbs. for a dog, and 

 from 40 lbs. to 50 lbs. for a bitch are the best weights. 

 (See Butterfly Nose^ Chop, Dudley Nose.) 



Bull Terrier. — This most symmetrically built, graceful- 

 looking breed is a relic of the old dog-fighting days, when 

 the votaries of that abominably cruel sport produced a 

 canine gladiator which possessed the courage of the bull- 

 dog combined with the activity of the terrier by crossing 

 the two varieties together. The result was an animal which 

 would face anything, and hold his own with most ; but 



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