Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-26

they are the most pugnacious brutes in the
show. Their BeghbOrs, the bulldogs, would,
perhaps, Guido them, had they not proyidentiallv
been partinOned off; but the faithful guardians
of our mutton having no such luck, and being
evidently not accustomed TO pass an entire day
without having a bite of some kind of wool.
take to each other in the most enthusiastic fash
ion, and are only restrained by the shortneSs of
their chains from inflicting grievous bodily HARM
We have been assured that the two gentlemen
distinguished as Swank and Mac, placed on each
side of third called TUNNEL, who remained
steadily neutral, passed the whole morning in a
succession of snarls, poor TUNNEL being evil
IDENTIFY reduced to state of helpless melancholy
by this process. Highly intelligent as these an
imals are reported to be, it would certainly be
interesting to witness competition between
them in the management of sheep, some OF the
elder ones wearing cunning and wary look
that inspires belief in almost anything The
bulldogs, oil the other hand, have nothing of
this kind TO recommend them. No nightmare
after the heaviest of suppers could conjure be-
fore ones eyes anything more hideous than the
heads OF some of these dogs. With nose that
seems to have been on a grindstone for ages,
and mouth that threatens TO 90 right round on
slight provocation, they are, 10 the superficial
observer at least, the incarnation of all that is
repugnant and vicious. Ii we draw special at
tenton TO Mr.. RyaIl's Duke, it is only because
at the time of our passing, that animal was per-
forming series of yawns which disclosed his
jaws to the full, and caused an involuntary shud-
der at the idea of feeling them locked even in
ones coattails. The additional commentator
of dangerous" adds to the hideousness which
seems, like Medusa'S head, to exercise some fatal
spell upon the nerves. From these to terriers is
a pleasant change, some of them being evident.
ly objects of the most aflectionate attention on
the part of the owners The longhaired pets
were in not a few cases attended by lady maids
carrying an elaborate army of brushes and
combs-a suspicious flavor of pomatnm even
lingering about some of MEANWHILE the many
celebrations to "be quiet, do" admonshed the
poor bruies to patience during their preparatory
toilet. What their feelings were we cannot say,
but if glance through thick curtain of hair
means anything, some fthem evidently yearned
to be combed and brushed by machinery. The
Pomeranian, the pug ION whose nose YOU might
hang hat), the maltese, the spaniel, must be
passed in silence. We have certainly in our
route come down in size, if not in beauty or
value. Mr.. Bottoms Bright is put down at a
thousand pounds, though his weight in gold
would not exceed hundred. Number one looks
as though he could pretty well dispose of the
contents of butchers shop. MIR. Mandeville's
Jenny is not as large as a penny loaf, and we
believe his neghbor, Tom Thumb might be in
duced to curl himself up on the top of half
crown. very pretty collection of litters of
sporting puppies, closes an exhibition that has
nearly 1900 specimens and over 1000 entries