Billy, the Dog That Made Good 
escaping destruction only thanks to the admirable 
sagacity that tempered his battle rage. Though 
slow and feeble now, he was the acknowledged 
leader of the pack, respected by dogs and men. 
THE PROFESSIONAL ROUGH 
The bulldog is more conspicuous for courage than 
discretion, so that the post of “bulldog to the pack”’ 
was often open. The last bulldog had been buried 
with the bones of their last Grizzly. But Yancy 
had secured a new one, a wonder. He was the 
final, finished, and perfect product of a long line of 
fighting bulldogs kept by a famous breeder in an- 
other state. And when the new incumbent of the 
office arrived it was a large event to all the hunters. 
He was no disappointment: broad of head and 
chest, massive in the upper arm and hard in the 
flank, a little undershot perhaps, but a perfect beast 
of the largest size. Surly and savage beyond his 
kind, the hunters at Yancy’s knew at once that 
they had a fighting treasure in the Terrible Turk. 
It was with some misgiving that he was turned 
loose on the ranch. He was so unpleasant in his 
manner. There was a distinct lack of dogginess 
about him in the gentle sense, and never did one of 
his race display a greater arrogance. He made no 
pretence of hiding his sense of contemptuous superi- 
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