The Washington herald., 1906-10-09


Why English women, who exhibit dogs
for prizes at shows. should affect bull
dogs, the most homely-vfsaged of the
canine species, IN preference to any
other type must ever remain a psyche
logical puzzle 20 the mere man. Per
haps II is due 10 the law Of contrasts
to some subtle affinity between feminine
beauty and doggy ugiiness. Whatever be
the cause, # is a fact that the most sue
cessful exhibitors OF bulldogs In England
are women.
One Of them, Mrs. Edgar WsterIow.
has just achieved a worlds record with
her ''Nuthurst Doctor" At the London
Bulldog Society's show he has Just reg
istered his eighteenth championship.
Moreover. these championships have been
won in fair field: not by the too fire.
Quent process Of following the same fudge
around the country. No less than sixteen
different judges have accorded CHAMPION
ships to 'Nuthurst Doctor at different
times He has won more than 500 prizes.
At this last show he was awarded no
less than twenty-one Specials So far
as show purposes are concerned. The
Doctor AS he is fondly called BY his le-
gion Of admirers-is the monarch Of bull
dogdom. His supremacy in ugliness there
him. His fair owner has refused 5000
for him. She is a wealthy woman and
has gone IN for breeding bulldogs as a
hobby. and to win prizes by exhibiting
them. slender. delicate-looking little
woman, without the faintest suggestion OF
anything sporty about her. she is about
the last person in the world one would
set down as the proprietor of the worlds
champin bulldog.
"At first" she said. 'I was disposed
10 take up horse breeding as a hobby. but
you cannot keep q foal by your side con-
tinually. and somehow. I always wanted
something that I could look after person
ally, and make q companion Of Ny hus-
band made me a present of n couple Of
5ullpups. whom we named Nuthurst Bill
and Nuthurst Doctor-Nuthurst after our
place In the country. Bill was the one I
fanCied. and AlT. WaterlOW paid SIS
$50 for him. The seller was anxious to
get rid Of his brother also. and offered
him for el0 ESQ., at which price my hus-
band bought him. mainly that Bill might
have some one Of his kind to frOlic with
as he grew up and not feel lonesome.
Bill died young, and the dog who was
bought for a mere song to provide him
with a playmate has lived as you know,
TO beat all championship records. and is
to-day worth small fortune Yet I have
always believed that BIZ. had ne lived.
would have proved the finer dog OF the
two But after Bill went. transferred
all my affections TO the Doctor. His
looks-as is always the case with bull
dogs when properly treated-belie his
character. He IS as gentle and playful rs
kitten. For all the blue ribbons that
have been tied to his collar he isn't a bit
stuck up and has no idea that he is the
finest bulldog that ever faced a judge.
Only once has he shown any temper.
That was when a postman tried TO hit
him with a stick The postman missed.
but the Doctor didn't. and that postman
never tried to hit him again"
The Doctor IS only five years old. but
is already the grandfather Of several
prize winners. There are now twenty
three bulldogs at Mrs. Waterlow's ken
nels, most Of them the Doctors progeny.
In the hope that il may stimulate some
wealthy lover Of architecture to pro-
vide the money needed TO carry out the