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and also by King Lud for the Porter Cup for the best of the opposite sex 

 to the Parke Cup winner. King Lud was a worthy successor to Harper, 

 who had gone out West again to Mr. Woodward's kennels. 



An increase of 50 per cent, was recorded in the entries for 1893 over 

 the total for the previous year at New York, and there was then no longer 

 any doubt as to the future of the bulldog in this country. Harper returned 

 to his old place at the head of the challenge class, but could not beat Leonidas 

 for the cup, the latter winning in the open class over forty-five pounds; 

 indeed, King Lud was also put over Harper for one of the specials, and 

 that by George Raper. For the first time there was an encouraging entry 

 of puppies, but class was lacking and none were heard of again. Additions 

 continued to be made to the list of prominent exhibitors, and Colonel 

 Hilton's Woodlawn Kennels, Messrs. E. K. Austin, R. L. McCreery, H. 

 C. Beadleston and C. G. Hopton soon became familiar names to show 

 goers. These were followed by Messrs. J. H. Mullen, of Brooklyn; Tyler 

 Morse, of Boston, and W. C. Codman, and they are nearly all still interested 

 in the breed, while of course there were others who were connected with 

 the breed for a brief period. 



The New York display of 1898 showed quite a radical change from 

 the entry of three years before. The present classification of the American 

 Kennel Club had come into operation, and the duplication of entries made 

 well-filled classes. There were forty-seven entries in five dog classes, and 

 fifty-one bitches in the corresponding classes for that sex, besides four in a 

 mixed sex class for under twenty-five pounds. Mr. Woodward, of Chicago, 

 judged on this occasion and put Mr. Russell A. Alger's Rensal Dandy Venn 

 over everything, for he beat Orient Don in the novice and junior classes, 

 and, Mr. Alger not being a member of the Bulldog Club, Orient Don won 

 the Challenge Cup and defeated the best bitch, Glenwood Queen. Pleasant, 

 also a very good dog in many ways, was third. This placing did not give 

 entire satisfaction. When Pleasant and Dandy Venn met on three other 

 occasions that year positions were reversed, and Pleasant was first in 

 winner's classes. Glenwood Queen fully deserved her position, and she 

 was always a hard one to beat, even when Mr. Codman was showing her 

 when she deserved being on the retired list. There was nothing flashy 

 about the Queen, but she had properties of merit which always commanded 

 attention from experts. 1899 was the Ivel Rustic year, Mr. Raper bringing 

 his crack bulldog with him when he came over to judge at New York 



