CHAPTER XV 

 Performing and Toy Breeds (Continued) 



TOY BULL DOGS TOY BULL TERRIERS ITALIAN GREY- 

 HOUNDS 



Toy Bull Dogs — Have been much taken up of late, 

 and strange though it may seem, for an offshoot, or 

 miniature variety of an old English breed, the larger 

 number of the best that have appeared at the shows, so 

 far, have come from France ! I have seen many speci- 

 mens with good heads and bodies, but comparatively 

 few with the correct type of ear, the majority having 

 what I described in speaking of Smooth Toy Terriers, 

 as " Bat or Tulip " ears, which give rather a silly, va- 

 cant, expression to the face. However, the breed is 

 being so eagerly patronised by people in the higher 

 ranks, and good specimens easily command such high 

 prices, that there is little reason to doubt, breeders will 

 succeed in producing more specimens, with the correct 

 type of ear, when we shall see a great improvement in 

 the number and quality of the entries at all those shows 

 which provide classes for these quaint little animals, 

 which should be kept down to a twenty-pound limit at 

 most, if they are to retain their title to be classified 

 amongst the " Toys." 



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