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we see some half dozen bulldogs or more that vary 

 from 55lb. to 65lb. in weight, and these big dogs, 

 which usually have special classes provided for them, 

 if not proportionately so massive in head as the 

 medium-sized animals, are, as a rule, more active on 

 their legs and smarter generally in their movements. 

 Of course, in dwelling so much on the matter of 

 activity, I do not mean to infer that a bulldog should 

 be as lithe and smart in his action as a fox terrier. 

 Still, he must be able to walk and run a bit, which 

 he does with a peculiar roll, which is all his own. 



About the same period a little later and a little 

 earlier perhaps that Mr. Adcock was proving 

 unsuccessful in producing bulldogs as big and active 

 as he desired, others were working away on a some- 

 what different line, and with greater success. These 

 were, in addition to those already named who came 

 earlier, Messrs. Bill Page, Frank Redmond, Rivers 

 Wilson, and Billy Shaw, of London ; Messrs. Peter 

 Eden and John Henshall, of Manchester; Mr. W. H. 

 Tyser, Mr. R. Fulton, Mr. T. Verrinder, Mr. H. 

 Layton, Mr. A. Benjamin, Mr. J. W. Gurney, with 

 Messrs. R. J. Lloyd Price, S. E. Shirley, G. Raper, 

 J. W. Berrie, J. Ure, Dundee; H. Munro, Hull; 

 R. J. Hartley, &c. At one time or another, and 

 during a period extending over almost two genera- 

 tions, the British bulldog must be indebted to the 



