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may at some 
time be made 
use of by some 
erouse preserver 
to the disad- 
vantage of the 
eagle; but when 
speaking on the 
subject not long 
ago to a keeper 
of the right 
sort, who could 
always show his 
master good 
sport, he said, 
STitish yay qLOrOnG 
moor, sir, that 
HORE UTED OES can’t afford to 
Lady Kathleen Pilkington's i: 0 , 
“Ninon de l'Enclos.” keep a pair of 
eagles, and I 
trust that every true British sportsman 
who is fortunate enough to have a pair of 
eagles on his ground will agree with that 
statement, and that the day is far distant 
when the king of British birds shall have 
ceased by his presence to add interest to the 
wild grandeur of our northern highlands.” 
Ps 
A vERyY charming specimen of a charming 
breed is Lady Kathleen Puil- 
kington’s “ Ninon de |’Enclos,” 
who is the best of her sex in 
England. The toy 
bulldog must not 
exceed 20 Ibs. in 
weight. Most of the 
toy bulls come from 
France, although 
there is no doubt that 
they are originally of 
English descent. 
Some forty or fifty 
years ago a very large 
number of small 
English bulldogs were 
unported to France, 
where they flourished 
long after the fashion 
in Hngland had 
demanded heavier 
weights. The bat or 
The Toy 
Bulldog. 
A BULLDOG THAT 
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erect ear prized 
in Hrance is 
now not ad- 
missible in the 
Hnelish bull- 
dog, though 
formerly many 
English winners 
had erect ears. 
Quite recently 
a French bull- 
dog club has 
been formed to 
foster the bat- 
eared dogs, and 
the question, 
French bulldog 
or not French, 
is being fought 
out with great 
ill-feeling, it being in fact the burning doggy 
FRENCH BULLDOG. 
Mrs. Walter Jefferies’ 
“ Bibi.” 
-question of the hour, and having resolved 
itself into a triangular duel between the 
bulldog men, the French bulldog enthusiasts, 
and the toy bulldog people. The French 
bulldog is allowed to go up to 28 Ibs., and 
a fair representative of the breed is “ Bibi,” 
Mrs. Walter Jefferies’ dog, whose portrait 
we give. Hn passant, we may say that the 
French bulldog is by no means deserving 
of the sneers cast at him by some bulldog 
men who revile him as a coward, for it 1s 
ae a fact that these little 
creatures used to be 
the ‘“‘busimess” or 
fighting dogs of the 
Brussels workmen ; 
and on the other hand 
it is not to be denied 
that some of the 
degenerate _ bulldogs 
of the present day 
are terrible cowards— 
some not all. 
Wa 
Onty a few years, 
Bulldog S°™Me five or 
*« Rodney SIX, ago, one 
Stone.” hundred and 
fifty or two hundred 
SOLD FOR £1,000. pounds was considered 
