224 Modern Dogs. 



they have catalogued the names of about 6000 

 bulldogs. The difficulty of tracing the pedigrees of 

 many of these may be inferred from the fact that 

 the volume contains no fewer than sixty-five bull- 

 dogs that bear or have borne the well-known name 

 of Crib. We may, indeed, be able to draw fresh 

 crosses from the United States, for, of late, admirers 

 of the race there have purchased some of our best 

 specimens including the bitch Britomartis and 

 Bedgebury Lion and Leonidas. 



A word must be said as to one or two matters 

 relating to the variety which have caused con- 

 siderable difference of opinion amongst admirers of 

 the bulldog, and first and foremost comes the 

 question of so-called " Dudley faces." Dogs that 

 have flesh-coloured noses, with which light-coloured 

 eyes and generally yellowish-looking countenances are 

 often associated, are called " Dudley" because such 

 animals originally came from that part of the Black 

 Country known as Dudley, which is in Worcestershire. 

 Personally, where a dog is otherwise good, I would 

 not disqualify him for his Dudley markings ; but I 

 must confess to being in the minority whilst holding 

 such an opinion. Then occasionally split-nosed or 

 double-nosed bulldogs are met with, and where such 

 is the case I would do no more than severely 

 handicap the dog bearing the blemish. As a fact, I 



