The Bulldog 395 



He won first in winner's class at every show he was at, but outside of him 

 there was nothing new of any account. 



The Bulldog Club held a show soon after the New York show, and 

 only once since then has the club had a show of its own, concentrating its 

 efforts upon the New York show, the east end of the Garden having for 

 several years now been given over to and specially decorated by the Bulldog 

 Club. 



With 1900 we entered a new regime. Mr. Joseph B. Vandergrift, 

 of Pittsburg, who had been interested with some friends, started on his own 

 account, and within a very brief space of time got together a grand collection 

 of bulldogs of both sexes. At the same time Mr. Richard Croker, Jr., also 

 entered the fancy, and these two set a pace that made it hard for competitors 

 to keep up with. Mr. Vandergrift had as his crack dog Katerfelto, who 

 somewhat resembled his sire King Orry, but was a very much better dog, 

 and Mr. Croker had Persimmon, who was unfortunately a sick dog and 

 could not be shown at New York the year of his arrival; but there was a 

 good bitch from this kennel in Petramosse, who won the heavy-weight 

 class, but was beaten in winners by Mr. Vandergrift's Housewife. This 

 bitch did not live long, which was much to be regretted, for we have always 

 considered her about the best of her sex we have ever had in this country. 

 She had no exaggeration such as we see in some bulldogs when the excess 

 of some property approaches the line which marks the monstrosity, and 

 was a bitch with the strength and character of a dog. We have had that 

 said of other bull bitches, but Housewife was the only one that has ever 

 appealed to us as having this very exceptional characteristic. 



Mr. Vandergrift's connection with bulldogs was unfortunately very 

 short, and hardly had he accumulated what was probably the grandest 

 collection ever brought together in one kennel, than it was announced 

 that he had given up exhibiting. His last important purchase was Portland, 

 a dog that had had a very successful career in England. We cannot say 

 that we altogether liked Portland, for we had been tuned up to look upon 

 quite a different type as the correct thing, and Portland was different from 

 Katerfelto, Housewife, Persimmon, Petramosse, Glendale Queen, Mersham 

 Jock or others we had recognised as correct, nor did he have the same 

 look as those we have had from England since then, and these latter have 

 been in keeping with the dogs we have just named. He was owned in a 

 very successful English kennel, and we think was either extremely fortunate 



