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considerable losses he suffers every year. Another 

 difficulty which would not be suspected, is that many of 

 them are such bad " doers," that is, do not seem to 

 have any appetite for their food. I remember con- 

 gratulating an enthusiast of the breed on the condition 

 of his favourite, a large brindle and white, at least fifty 

 pounds weight. " Yes," he said, " he is looking well, 

 but for the last fortnight he has been living entirely on 

 veal cutlets." I thought he would be an expensive 

 boarder on such fare, but from my experience of the 

 breed and its owners, I doubt very much if any other 

 kind of dog is so much pampered. They are naturally 

 slow and lazy in their movements, do not, as a rule, 

 take much exercise, or go much into the open air, so 

 have not much healthy appetite, but as a thin Bull Dog 

 is an abomination, their " condition " must be kept up. 



Bull Terrier. — The Bull Terrier, formerly so much 

 used in combats with others of the same variety, 

 (now happily things of the past, except " on the 

 quiet " at some of the less reputable public houses 

 in out of the way spots), has always been a prime 

 favourite with the younger members' of the sporting 

 fraternity, on account of his undaunted courage, ac- 

 tivity, lively disposition, and neat " business-like " ap- 

 pearance. He has been much affected by the stoppage 

 of " cropping the ears," and they are only now begin- 

 ning to produce specimens with small, well-carried, 

 drop ears, which take off much of the fierce expression 

 they formerly wore, and make them more presentable 

 to the general public. For my own part, and I have 



