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plished in thirty-four minutes and fifty seconds, winning the 
match by ten seconds. He afterwards defeated the celebrated 
Somer's-town dog, Crack, eight pounds weight, in a match at 
twelve rats each. He beat the renowned dog, Twig, six 
and a half pounds weight, at thirty rats each ; and was 
matched to kill two hundred fair barn rats in three hours. 
This task he accomplished in fifty-four minutes and fifty 
seconds ! thereby winning the match, with two hours, five 
.minutes, and ten seconds to spare. Tiny was matched to 
destroy twenty of the largest rats that could be produced, in 
ten minutes, and which task he completed in eight ; thereby 
winning the match, with two minutes to spare. A fortnight 
afterwards he beat the celebrated bitch, Fan, eight pounds 
weight, in a match at fifty rats each. He was then matched 
to destroy fifty rats in twenty minutes, without any one 
being in the pit with him, and which task he accomplished 
in fifteen minutes and twenty-five seconds. He was matched 
to kill twelve of the largest rats they could find, in three 
minutes; which he won in two minutes and thirty seconds. 
We next find him struggling by himself with fifty large 
rats, having been backed to destroy them in twenty-one 
minutes, but which he did in twenty minutes and ten 
seconds. A month afterwards he was backed to destroy one 
hundred ^^ats in thirty-one minutes, and which he com- 
pleted in thirty minutes and three seconds. Again, he was 
backed to kill another hundred in half an hour, and which 
he accomplished in twenty-eight minutes and five seconds. 
Tiny was again pitted with two hundred rats. This match 
was a close run, having been backed to destroy them in 
one hour, and it took him fifty-nine minutes and fifty-eight 
seconds ; thereby, winning the match by only two seconds. 
He was again backed to kill one hundred fair barn rats in 
half an hour. This match he won in twenty-nine minutes 
and ten seconds. He was backed to kill twenty of the 
largest rats they could find, in four minutes, which feat he 
accomplished in three minutes and seven seconds ; and a 
few days afterwards he was again pitted with twenty of the 
largest rats they could produce, being again backed to destroy 
them in four minutes, which he completed in three minutes 
and fifty seconds. 
To say nothing of private matches among gentlemen, 
