THE TOY BULL-TERRIER. 
be liable. Under proper treatment he is 
no more delicate than any other toy dog, 
and his engaging manners and cleanliness 
of habit ought to place him among the most 
favoured of lady’s pets and lapdogs. It is 
to be hoped that the efforts now being made 
by the Black-and-tan Terrier Club will be 
beneficial to the increased popularity of this 
diminutive breed. 
For the technical description and scale 
of points the reader is referred to the chapter 
on the larger variety of Black-and-tan 
Terrier (see p. 327). 
THE TOY BULL-TERRIER. 
BY THE LADY EVELYN EWART. 
HISTORICALLY, Toy Bull-terriers hold their 
own with any breed of dogs. 
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Favourable circumstances may enable them 
to kill a young rabbit, but such an event is 
rare. Persons who have owned this breed 
generally agree that it is characterised by 
much individuality. The wonderful excite- 
ment which some little chétif ladies’ pet 
will display at the sight of a rat-trap or 
on approaching a stack that harbours rats 
and mice is most remarkable. One little 
dog which belonged to the writer would fly 
at cattle, and once got kicked by a cow for 
his pains. Equally he would fight any big 
dog, and the only chance of distracting him 
from his warlike purposes was for his mistress 
to run when a fight was impending. Fear 
of being lost made him follow his owner and 
abandon his enemy. After many narrow 
escapes he met his fate in the jaws of a large 
black retriever which he had 
They are the miniature repre- 
sentatives of Bull - terriers, 
doubtless so called from their 
bull- fighting talents. This 
breed of dogs conjures up 
memories of the Georgian 
epoch in England, and bull- 
baiting, bear-baiting, dog- 
fights, rat-pits, cock-fights, 
and the pr ze-ring rise from 
their century-old oblivion 
when we contemplate these 
game little dogs. 
attacked in his own kennel. 
In art one fancies one sees 
a likeness to these dogs in Mor- 
land’s ‘‘ Stable Amusements,”’ 
and in more modern days in 
Mr. Briton-Riviere’s ‘‘ Giants 
at Play,’ now to be seen in 
the Tate Gallery. It is rather 
doubtful whether dogs of a 
coarser make than Toy Bull- 
terriers were not the models 
in both these cases; still, 
there is a certain resem- 
Of late years Toy Bull- 
terriers have fallen in popu- 
larity as pets, and it is chiefly 
in the East End of London or 
in the mining districts of 
the Midlands of England that specimens of 
the breed are to be found. Their plucky 
qualities appear to appeal to a certain rough 
kind of man, and these same qualities seem 
to make them unpopular as house pets. 
This is a pity, as their lilliputian  self- 
assertion is most amusing. As pets they 
are most affectionate, excellent as watch- 
dogs, clever at acquiring tricks, and always 
cheerful and companionable. They have 
good noses and will hunt diligently ; but wet 
weather or thick undergrowth will deter 
them, and they are too small to do serious 
harm to the best stocked game preserve. 
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LADY DECIE’S TOY BULL 
QUEEN OF ZAMBESI. 
Photograph by Russell. 
blance, and in Morland’s case 
this is interesting as a link 
with the past. 
The most valuable Toy 
Bull-terriers are small and 
very light in weight, and these small 
dogs usually have “apple heads.” Pony 
Queen, the former property of Sir Ray- 
mond Tyrwhitt Wilson, weighed under 3 
Ib., but the breed remains “toy” up to 
15 lb. When you get a dog with a long 
wedge-shaped head, the latter in competi- 
tion with small ‘‘ apple-headed ” dogs always 
takes the prize, and a slightly contradictory 
state of affairs arises from the fact that the 
small dog with an imperfectly shaped head 
will sell for more money than a dog with a 
perfectly shaped head which is larger. 
In drawing up a show schedule of classes 
