206 Modern Dogs. 



they refer to had more than a faint resemblance to 

 the recognised type of bulldogs in 1893. 



Evidence which is far more reliable is at our 

 disposal in the pictures published towards the end 

 of the last and the beginning of this century the 

 epoch when bull-baiting was in vogue and, judging 

 from these pictures, the bulldog of that time was 

 but a phantom-like shadow of the animal the 

 fin de siecle bulldog enthusiast has by patience 

 succeeded in breeding. 



Thus to him who, nowadays, wishes either to breed 

 or to own an up-to-d,ate specimen, it will be so much 

 useless and embarrassing learning if he hampers 

 himself with any considerations as to the outline 

 and general appearance of what has been handed 

 down to him regarding the animals his ancestors 

 looked up to as bulldogs. Should he decide upon 

 breeding bulldogs he will find, in order to pro- 

 duce a specimen at all approaching the modern 

 ideal, that, instead of wasting time in pondering 

 over the old type, he will have to employ that 

 particular style of dog which may at the moment 

 be in fashion. 



He need have no misapprehension that the type 

 in general will in the future change much, if at all ; 

 nor need he fear that the goal he is striving for will 

 be advanced. For it must be remembered that the 



