The St. Louis Republic., 1901-02-17

ness OF Dull 1er-
riers Simply
Marvellous.
from breathing through. his nostrils. A
ieg-hold Is also very good. especially II the
dog from moving with celerity and ease.
An upder-towl hold Is also good as II
wearfes a dog by twisting his neck a la
Despite their vaunted intelligence. dogs
do not fight as cleverly as gamecocks.
Ihey do not duck or try Tor specially ef-
fective holds as the roosters do. They seem
to have but one idea-to punish the other
fellow.
WONDERFUL GAMENESs
OF BULL TERRIERS.
When they secure a hold they hang on
ike grim death. releasing II only when
the counter attack or effort of the other
once attempt to secure fresh grip. and,
II successful. they hang on as before
While WI they are good and strong they shake
pulling. shaking and hauling about When
weary they just hold and try to recover
lost wind, like prize fighters wrestling in
q clinch. Yet, no matter how weary they
may be. thew never stand OF and wait or
look at each other. They are In tight grips
Occasionally dog will have a leg broken
in fight. Then continuance is brutal, for
when the other let's go he stumbles about
on on the broken stump but fights all the
gameness some Englishmen conditioned
one and started a fight. They broke the
hSds snS sIs s "a one sass s ay rRe broke SSs
% serasched dragging hi%self upon ups; % his fore. e.
s hs ghsa .S o sSrs nay Hy. with VII aaS
four legs cut Oh. he tried to wigsle to his
foe. unmindful Of his mutilation. when Q
%sscful shot ended his ,ifs M The The, dogs I are
dieted and worked Just like pugilists.
Although the fighting dog is commonly
the SSos he nUs iHs
dog proper. He Is what Is technically
known as the bull terrier. He is a sort Of
cross between q bulldog and 2 greyhound.
former with incisive teeth. powerful Jaws
and great speed and agility of the latter.
The bulldog proper !: an ineffective t though n,i
too slow. and his jaws are short and weak,
his teeth small. poor and irregular. Being
undershot. his incisors do not meet by an
he cut deeply nor hold = grip; With the
bull terrier comnsnes bin The speed an and long. 1
long teeth, .well set. oof the greyhound.
The, long incisors Of q 3sed bull terrier In
terleok. Just like the teeth Of q rattrap.
from the bulldog and his speed and power
of cutting and holding ,, from the grey
hound. A greyhound iS a fierce snapper
bulldog will hold fast. but he cannot get a
hold. owing to his slownese and lack Of Jaw
power and teeth. The bull terrier Is e
must not be confounded with the fierce
looking. but. from a fighting point Of view,
harmless bulldog. No man, however strong.
dog q greyhound on rabbit Their jaws
lock automatically. a. Il were. Throwing
them into water 10 . favorite method OF
breaking holds.
THEIR ENDURANCE -.
SIMPLY AARvELOUS.
but not half SO marvellous as his endurance.
For one hour and twenty minutes the dogs
mentioned at the beginning Of this story
f0Hshs at top speeG pasn sns :n6yD sIEshs
hard as they could. Half the time they
could not break properly. for the nose holds
.rer mere fayorlsss Fgntins ts
not have endured ten minutes. The heart
power of the dogs must be something tre-
mend bmendou, hh,Sush spsshosndd aDd and race
couple Of minutes ut high speed tires them
to walk: It d a matter Of opinion whether
tuIpinE ,ns as TOP speed or lighting at top speed
For an hour and twenty minutes in this
fight the brindle. which lost. gave the white,
Sna w m. sSs NJ a1 sh:
time. Then her strength failed. and the
white came along and won. At the ex-
Ss tHS sr,d n0u.a ss and nuss ss
brindie. When the dead dog was de-
clared the handler Of the white took her
up s Just to see H i she w;s S.t truly & same. he
scratch to the dead dog. She was quite
willing and eagerly tried TO- get at the
tT 90 % ans ncS to maxi
dog
plunged into q tub of very hot water, al
lowed to sweat and steam there. rubbed
sad Rsc. the S.r II
days to preclude all possible chance Of cold.
sns is ne sGS IS hss
But he claims she Is a daughter Of ''Oid
Jen" and experts say she looks and shapes
danshtes s @ she % must h Ss the @ age claimed @ for for
her. for Jeft died nine years ago. A dog
years old fighting two houfS and twenty
doing the same thing against James JEFF
ries, as dogs arc supposed 70 DO In their
prime between the ages Of . and years
old.
THE DOGS WE'RE .
NOT BADLY PUNISHED.
The victor. though really the recipient Of
20 per &C. cent Of the the punisnmehnt Inn n Eiven and
cut. Her. nose was torn 3 bit and there
were marks OF teeth about her jaws. jowis,
ears, legs and lips, not big scars. but small
holes punched by the long sharp teeth. Her
body was uninjured 49,. -
ton, not punishment. She was marked and
punished far less than the winner. But the
taking on Of two extra pounds left her loins
weak and her heart dtful. It sapped her
strength and she was beaten. While her
strength lasted she was Tar faster and did
i've times a. much WORK ana execution a
The crowd was some go strong. II was
composed Of dog fancief1I saloon loafers
and ward politicians, for Il was the night Of
the Democratic prfmaries: In some respects
1t was g. tough crowd. whatever there was
the men who went specially to see the dogs
tight. These latter were AL business men
Of good standing. The owner Of the brindle
owns a big West End farriers shop. Tho
owner Of the white + the bad OF big
Among their followers were q leading local
q banker. q commission mer-
chant, three travelling salesmen. one head
of q great French glove-paktng house. two
lawyers, one real estate man. . fireman and
admission Tee TO ses the enaar. The owner
OF the place took the gate. He admitted the
loungefs about bis saloon and the ward
heelers free. Had q gate" been charEed
every one there would not have been any
bgm: q g e sss nsht s 4, H. = ws: a. there was
there here to see night Being there in various
stages Of drunkenness. they fen into line,
and. by favor of the groggery keeper, saw
the fight and got . chance to run shit skirts