THE MINIATURE BULLDOG. 



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them in England, they returned most at- 

 tractive, 'tis true, but hampered by many 

 undesirable features, such as bat ears, 

 froggy faces, waving tails, and a general 

 lack of Bulldog character. However, the 



LADY K. PILKINGTON'S CH. BUMPS 

 BY CH. PETER AMOS CAROLINE. 



Toy Bulldog Club then started num- 

 bered on its committee the late Mr. G. R. 

 Krehl (who previously to that date had 

 already imported some good specimens to 

 England), the Hon. Mrs. Baillie, of 

 Dochfour, Miss Augusta Bruce, Lady Lewis, 

 and the present writer. The club took 

 the dogs vigorously in hand, and, having 

 obtained them their charter as a recognised 

 breed from the Kennel Club, proceeded to 

 make slow but sure progress, and this not- 

 withstanding the fact that in 1902 a violent 

 split occurred in its ranks. Owing to various 

 differences of opinion a certain number 

 of members then left and proceeded to form 

 themselves into what is now known as the 

 French Bulldog Club of England. Thanks 

 to the original club's unceasing efforts, Toy 

 Bulldogs have always since been catered for 

 at an ever increasing number of shows. 

 The original solitary " mixed open " class, 

 for all sexes and sorts, is now split up into 

 various separate classes, suited to sex, 

 seniority, and other distinctions. Their 

 weight, after much heated discussion and 

 sundry downs and ups, was finally fixed 



at twenty-two pounds and under, this 

 decision, by the way, costing them their 

 original prefix. For the Kennel Club rightly 

 decided that a sturdily built Bulldog of 

 twenty-two pounds weight can in no sense 

 be deemed a "Toy"! So the breed then 

 blossomed forth as " Bulldogs — Miniature," 

 and have thriven well on the change both 

 of weight and name. In order to encourage 

 small specimens a class for those under 

 twenty pounds is guaranteed by the club 

 at most big shows, and is generally well 

 filled. 



Another recent change has been that 

 of ears. Bat ears, after being sadly suffered 

 for a long time in the scale of points, have 

 at last been firmly marked as a disqualifica- 

 tion, and this by order of the Kennel Club. 

 From the 1st of January, 1907, all in- 

 breeding with French Bulldogs has been 

 absolutely forbidden, and the two breeds, 

 so long confusedly intertwined, have at 

 length been finally dissociated. Equally 

 disqualifying are the shades of colour known 

 as black and blue — the latter a kind of 

 slaty grey, detested in the eyes of big 

 Bulldog breeders. 



MRS. G. J. WEINBERG'S BABY BULLET 

 BY BLACK MASK POPLAR PLEASURE. 



The original aim of Miniature Bulldogs — ■ 

 i.e. to look like the larger variety seen 

 through the wrong end of a telescope — if 

 not actually achieved, is being rapidly 

 approached, and can no longer be looked 



