RAGES OF DOGS. 



1045 



The Danish Dog.— This 

 animal (Fig. 1391) has been 

 for many generations im- 

 mensely popular among the 

 English as a coach dog, and 

 of late years has been ex- 

 tensively introduced into 

 this country. It is a dog of 

 faithful character, and often 

 renders itself useful as a 

 pointer in addition to its 

 rather monotonous service 

 in following carriages. 



The Bull-Dog. — This 

 sturdy, self-sufficient, and 

 offensively demonstrative 

 animal, a favorable repre- 

 sentation of which we give 

 in Fig. 1392, has been ac- 

 cepted by the world as the 

 symbol of the independence 

 and pugnacity of our British friends across the water, who have' 

 brought him to perfection. In our own country he has been applied 

 mainly to the more ignoble uses to which he is devoted abroad, and 

 to few of the more elevated ones ; so that his standing among us 

 may be said to be rather a degenerated one. 



The "bull-dog got his name from the old brutal practice of bull- 

 baiting in England, and his ferocious qualities, stimulated in former 

 times, in baiting the bull, have been intensified in later times in fight- 

 ing his own breed ; but those who have* raised the dogs for kindlier 

 and more humane purposes, aver that their temper, when they are 

 properly treated, will bear comparison with that of any breed. To 

 his master the bull-dog is amiable, loving, and obedient. 



The bull is crossed more profitably with other breeds of dogs, 

 and it is from such crossing that tfie noble mastiff has come ; while 

 many other families have been greatly improved by the introduction 

 into them of the blood of this most powerful and positive-natured 



animal. 



DoG-FlGHTlNG. — The brutal and inhuman practice of dog-fight- 

 ing deserves here a passing notice. It is degrading, no less to the hu- 

 man than to the brute nature. We present in Fig. 1393 an illustra- 



Fig. 1393.— Effects of Dog-fighting. 



