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ing are his exact measurements : Head, 22in. ; chop, 

 close up to eye, I4in. ; length of face from corner 

 of eye to tip of nose, 2^in. ; from corner of eye down 

 to angle of mouth, 5in. ; between eyes, 2f in. ; from 

 ear to ear across forehead, 5^in. ; from top of nose to 

 under jaw, 3in. ; projection of lower incisors beyond 

 those in the upper jaw when the mouth is closed, lin. ; 

 between canines in upper jaw, 2 1 - 6 in. ; in lower 

 jaw, about 2in., being broken; round neck, igm. ; 

 length of neck, 5in. ; round ribs, 3iin. ; across chest, 

 I3in. ; between forelegs, gin. ; length of neck and 

 body from apex of skull to root of tail, 3oin. ; round 

 forearm, 8^in.; round loins, 21 in. ; height at shoulder, 

 22in. ; from point of elbow to ground, i lin. 



"Toro, although very forbidding in appearance, 

 is exceedingly quiet and docile, and is possessed 

 of great intelligence ; he retains all the peculiar 

 attributes of the ancient British bulldog such as 

 size, courage, &c. He will only pin an animal by 

 the head, and when fighting is perfectly silent and 

 utterly regardless of pain. He is rather slow in his 

 movements, has a rolling kind of gait, and carries 

 his head low." 



Although Toro has not handed down any of his 

 excellent qualities to present generations, I should 

 say that heavy weight bulldogs are more numerous 

 now than was the case then. At the leading shows 



