'PINCHER' AND 'BULLET.' 



stories I have heard him tell of his experiences in this 

 way, I will relate one. 



In his youthful days Mr. Parker matched his 

 dog ' Pincher ' to fight another called ' Bullet,' for 

 £20 a side. After a long fight ' Pincher ' won. He 

 then bought ' Bullet,' and sold ' Pincher ' to the late 

 owner of ' Bullet ; ' or, in other words, exchanged 

 dogs, and made the match over again, to fight three 

 weeks later. He did this because he said 'Bullet' 

 was not beat, but too big in condition : and that that, 

 and nothing else, lost him the battle. For in the 

 early part of it, whilst he had breath, he had much 

 the best of the fighting. On the night they fought 

 the pit was crowded with the fancy and others. After 

 the delicate process of licking the dogs all over, to see 

 that they had no cantharides, cayenne pepper, or other 

 pungent thing on them, to make them loose their 

 hold of one another whilst fighting, was gone through, 

 and other preliminaries settled, they set to work. 

 After a stubborn and plucky resistance, as evidenced 

 by the result, the battle ended in the death of 

 ' Pincher ' in the pit. £ Bullet,' I may add, was 

 never beat a^ain after his first defeat. He was a 

 white dog, with a liver-coloured spot over his eye, 

 and a patch on his hip, his fighting- weight being 

 36 lb. Mr. Parker had a picture of him in his break- 

 fast-room, in John Street, of which he appeared not 

 a little proud. 



The point in this case was that the dog was 6 lb. 



