Notes and 
an enormous price to give for a bulldog, 
although curiously enough this price had 
been obtaimed for specimens of commoner 
and more easily bred varieties, such as 
the collie. Of late, however, the prices 
have rapidly ascended, as is only right, 
for the bulldog is one of the hardest 
dogs to breed. A huge sensation was 
caused when, two years back, Mr. Walter 
Jefferies sold his bulldog, “Rodney Stone,” 
to Mr. R. Croker (son of “Boss” Croker, 
of New York) for £1,000, the record price. 
“ Rodney Stone” was bred by Mr. Jefferies, 
and the first man to recognise his super- 
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day long to be remembered in one of our 
largest military hospitals in South Africa. 
Deelfontein is about 30 miles south of De 
Aar Junction, out on the vast karroo in 
Cape Colony. Boer and Briton fraternised 
that day, and the farmers from far and 
near, many of them allied by ties of kin 
and sympathy with the enemy, failed not 
to accept the kindly invitation of Colonel 
A. T. Sloggett and his staff. Among the 
“events” of a long and varied programme 
quite the most interesting was the animals’ 
race. The gentle lamb and the swift ostrich, 
the dog and the wily jackal (three varieties), 
lative qualities, so far as to give him a 
championship prize, was the Secretary of 
the London Bulldog Society. Most fanciers 
regard “ Rodney Stone” as the best bulldog 
ever seen, and even those who do not quite 
go so far, place him amongst the three first. 
"As 
SPORT in war-time would seem a paradox, 
and yet the average Britisher 
is so devoted to playing at 
something that, even amid the 
clash and din of war, he seizes the first 
available opportunity to get up a match 
of sorts, The Ist January, 1902, was a 
An Animals’ 
Race. 
THE ANIMALS’ RACE AT THE NEW YEAR’S DAY SPORTS, DEELFONTEIN, 1902. 
not to omit the small meer-kaat of the veldt, 
pitted their swiftness and endurance against 
each other for their own amusement and 
that of the white and black residents and 
visitors. Roars of laughter greeted the 
efforts of each owner to urge on his pet. 
The learned medico with his lamb (which 
persisted in stopping and gazing plaintively 
the other way), the brave hunter with his 
jackal, and the learned “ Padré” driving his 
meer-kaat contributed fun indeed, with 
several others. Great was the applause 
when one of the jackals passed the ribbon, 
an easy first. 
