THE BULL TERRIER 



" That island of England breeds very 

 valiant creatures.'' 



King Henry V. 



STAUNCHEST of the staunch, the Bull Terrier will hght to 

 the death in the service of one he loves. Although of high 

 courage he is not necessarily a seeker after quarrels with others of his 

 kind, but when he has entered upon one he follows the advice of 

 Polonius, so bearing himself that the opposed may beware of him. 

 There is a story related of a Dalmatian whose duty it was to follow 

 his master's carriage to the station every morning. At a certain 

 house on the road was a surly retriever, who constantly made the 

 unhappy creature lament that he was ever born a dog, what time his 

 owner cursed his pusillanimity. One day this gentleman confided 

 his trouble to a friend who kept a bull terrier. " We will soon 

 settle the retriever," was the reply, and next morning the terrier, 

 with artistic black spots dotted about his body, made the journey 

 instead of the Dalmatian, and gave the bully such a bad quarter of 

 an hour that for ever after he held his peace. 



