CHAPTER XLIV 



THE MINIATURE BULLDOG 



SINCE 1 893 much Ink has been spilt upon the subject 

 of -the Miniature Bulldog. In that year the late 

 Mr. G. R. Krehl brought over from France some 

 little creatures which were called French Toy Bull- 

 dogs, but which were far. from being replicas of the 

 good old English breed. They had bat ears, narrow 

 chests, and in every way were more suggestive of 

 the Boston Terrier, the favourite dog of the United 

 States. In themselves they had much to like, the 

 only mistake being in the name given to them. The 

 dissensions that arose at that period led to the 

 formation of the Toy Bulldog Club, and since then 

 the two varieties have been separated and given a 

 distinct classification. The divergence was further 

 accentuated in 1902 by the formation of the French 

 Bulldog Club, but in the meantime a good deal of 

 interbreeding had occurred. Since then the en- 

 deavour has been to produce a dwarf on true Bull- 

 dog lines, weighing less than 22 Ib. 



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