THE MINIATURE BULLDOG. 



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them in England, they returned most at- 

 tractive, 'tis true, but hampered b}- many 

 undesirable features, such as bat ears, 

 frogg}- faces, waving tails, and a general 

 lack of Bulldog character. However, the 



LADY K. PILKINGTONS CH. BUMPS 

 BY CH. PETER AMOS CAROLINE. 



Toy Bulldog Club then started num- 

 bered on its committee the late Mr. G. R. 

 Krehl (who previously to that date had 

 alread}' imported some good specimens to 

 England), the Hon. Mrs. Baillie, of 

 Dochfour, iliss Augusta Bruce, Ladj' Lewis, 

 and the present writer. The club took 

 the dogs vigorously in hand, and, having 

 obtained them their charter as a recognised 

 breed from the Kennel Club, proceeded to 

 make slow but sure progress, and this not- 

 withstanding the fact that in 1902 a \-iolent 

 split occurred in its ranks. Owing to various 

 differences of opinion a certain number 

 of members then left and proceeded to form 

 themseh-es into what is now known as the 

 French Bulldog Club of England. Thanks 

 to the original club's unceasing efforts, To}^ 

 BuUdogs have always since been catered for 

 at an ever increasing number of shows. 

 The original solitary " mixed open " class, 

 for all sexes and sorts, is now split up into 

 various separate classes, suited to sex, 

 seniority, and other distinctions. Their 

 weight, after much heated discussion and 

 sundry downs and ups, was finally fixed 



at twenty-two pounds and under, this 

 decision, by the way, costing them their 

 original prefix. For the Kennel Club rightly 

 decided that a sturdily built Bulldog of 

 twent\--two pounds weight can in no sense 

 be deemed a '"Toy"! So the breed then 

 blossomed forth as " Bulldogs — Miniature," 

 and have thri\-en well on the change both 

 of weight and name. In order to encourage 

 small specimens a class for those under 

 twenty pounds is guaranteed by the club 

 at most big shows, and is generalh^ well 

 filled. 



Another recent change has been that 

 of ears. Bat ears, after being sadh' suffered 

 for a long time in the scale of points, ha\-e 

 at last been firmty marked as a disqualifica- 

 tion, and this by order of the Kennel Club. 

 From the ist of January, 1907, all in- 

 breeding with French Bulldogs has been 

 absolutely forbidden, and the two breeds, 

 so long confusedly intertwined, have at 

 length been finally dissociated. Equally 

 disqualifN'ing are the shades of colour known 

 as black and blue — the latter a kind of 

 slaty grey, detested in the eyes of big 

 BuUdog breeders. 



MRS. G. J. WEINBERG'S BABY BULLET 

 BY BLACK MASK POPLAR PLEASURE. 



The original aim of ^liniature Bulldogs — 

 i.e. to look like the larger variety seen 

 through the WTong end of a telescope — if 

 not actually achieved, is being rapidly 

 approached, and can no longer be looked 



