. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 329 CHAPTER XXXII. THE BULL-TERRIER. "Nor was he of the thievish sort, Or one whom blood allures, But innocent was all his sport Whom you have torn for yours. THE Bull-terrier is now a gentlemanly and respectably owned dog, wearing an immaculate white coat and a bur- nished silver collar ; he has dealings with aristocracy, and is no longer contemned for keeping bad company. But a generation or two ago he
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. 329 CHAPTER XXXII. THE BULL-TERRIER. "Nor was he of the thievish sort, Or one whom blood allures, But innocent was all his sport Whom you have torn for yours. THE Bull-terrier is now a gentlemanly and respectably owned dog, wearing an immaculate white coat and a bur- nished silver collar ; he has dealings with aristocracy, and is no longer contemned for keeping bad company. But a generation or two ago he was commonly the associate of rogues and vagabonds, skulking at the heels of such members of society as Mr. William Sikes, whom he accompanied at night on darksome business to keep watch outside while Bill was within, cracking the crib. The burglar and the bruiser usually kept one or more of such dogs, and the com- panionship was appropriate. Landseer took the Bull-terrier as the typical representa- tive of low life, as the antithesis of the patrician Deerhound, and painted him with bleared eye and swollen lips and a black- guardly scowl that repelled famiharity. In those days the dog's ears were closely cropped, not for the sake of embellishment, but as a measure of protection against the fangs of his opponent in the pit when money was laid upon the result of a weU- fought fight to the death. For fighting was the acknowledged vocation of his order, and he was bred and trained to the work. He knew something of rats, too, and many of his kind were famed in the land for their prowess in this direction. Jimmy Shaw's Jacko could finish off sixty rats in three minutes, and on one occasion made a record by killing a thousand in a trifle over an hour and a half. At one period in England, Bull-terriers were used in gladiatorial contests, being pitted against so formidable an antagonist as the lion, as they were at Warwick in My dog! what remedy remains. Since, teach you all I can, I se
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