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would far rather have a Dudley marked or split-nosed 

 dog that could move well, than the most perfect bull- 

 dog in the world whose locomotion is about equal 

 to the pace of a man with gout in both feet. 



From time to time the bulldog has been used 

 as a cross, with an idea of putting extra courage 

 in other varieties of the dog which it was thought 

 required pluck to a greater extent than they 

 possessed in their purity. This has in part only 

 proved successful, and I should say where it was 

 tried in the case of greyhounds proved entirely 

 unsatisfactory. With the terrier it has been more 

 useful, resulting in the modern bull terrier a hand- 

 some white dog, which for gameness, good nature, 

 and adaptability as a companion has no superior. 



As a sporting animal i.e., as a vermin destroyer, 

 and as a hunter after hares or rabbits our bulldog 

 is a failure. Not that he is quite without the use of 

 the ordinary olfactory organs, for he can hunt the 

 footsteps of his master pretty well as cleverly as 

 any other dog, but they are not so fully developed 

 as in the case of hounds, terriers, &c. Still, Charles 

 St. John in his " Highland Sports " tells of a 

 hunting bulldog that was once in his possession. 

 As his is such an unusual story of an animal of this 

 kind, I 'will allow the author, who was always so 

 reliable, to tell his tale in his own words. 



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