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front, and ( going well.' Mr. Murrell's dog, after 

 a rest of seven minutes, arrived at Bromley Town 

 Hall, and then set off on the return journey, 

 Lewisham being duly reached at 9.25 p.m. Both 

 animals had been in training for the match, and the 

 winner showed no signs of distress after the accom- 

 plishment of what some modern admirers of the 

 bulldog consider a great feat, but which w r e consider 

 any bulldog ought to do equally satisfactorily. The 

 loser occupied a trifle under forty minutes in cover- 

 ing his two miles, and, exclusive of stoppages, the 

 winner progressed at the rate of some four and a 

 half miles in the hour." 



So much for the activity and working capacity of 

 a bulldog that has been pronounced by some parties 

 to be one of the best of his race ever exhibited. 

 However, all bulldogs are not so unable to walk at 

 a fair pace as was the case with this dog ; still, he 

 must be given as an example of the evil of breeding 

 for certain exaggerations which nature could never 

 have produced without human assistance, and of 

 the curious decisions that often take place in the 

 show ring. 



As already observed, with the discontinuance of 

 bull-baiting, following the passing of an Act for the 

 prevention of cruelty to animals, in the year 1835, 

 came a lull in the production of the breed, and we 



