10 DOGS 



black and set wide apart ; the under jaw wide and well 

 turned up ; nose large, black, and very short ; ears rose- 

 shaped and well laid back ; a short roach back, ribs well 

 sprung, loin fine and well tucked up ; the tail set on low, 

 short and tapering ; the colours red, dark fawn, blue fawn, 

 white, and brindled in several shades, but the latter 

 should not be too dark. The coat fine and smooth ; height 

 between 16 and 21 inches ; total length 20 to 34, according 

 to height and weight.' 



Jesse relates an anecdote respecting a bulldog who 

 was kept by a footpad to help in robbery. Many years 

 ago a number of these robberies took place in the 

 neighbourhood of London, one of them being close to 

 -Jesse's residence. He says : ' A gentleman in riding home 

 one winter's night had one of the hocks of his horse seized 

 as he was trotting along by a bulldog, who kept his hold 

 and brought his horse to the ground. A man then came 

 up and robbed the gentleman of his pm^se.' 



Another anecdote of a bulldog showing reasoning 

 power is related by the llev. E. 0. Morris. ' A white 

 bull terrier was owned by a gentleman at Axminster, and 

 was his constant companion on long journeys which he 

 was in the habit of making in the course of his business. 

 One day his master had to call at a house at the entrance 

 to Lyme Regis ; he alighted, leaving his dog on the 

 driving-box. The horse from some cause took fright, and 

 started at a tremendous pace towards the town, with the 

 reins trailing on the ground close to its feet. In a few 

 seconds the dog, apparently deliberating how to act, leaped 

 from the gig and seized the reins, only relinquishing them 

 when some persons seized the horse's head.' 



A bulldog known as Tom was well known in Bordeaux, 

 and was the constant companion of the Bordeaux laun- 

 dresses, and one day one of them offered the dog some of 

 the absinthe she was sipping. The dog tasted, seemed to 

 like it, and finished it. Prom that day he took everything 

 that was offered him — rum, vermouth, cognac, kirsch — and 

 every evening by about six o'clock Tom was intoxicated. 



