The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
DUDLEY" NOSED DOG
ABSOLUTELY BARRED
Bulldog Club Of America SO De-
termines by Unanimous
Vote Of Members.
SUSTAIN THE OLD IDEALS
New Ruling Disqualifies All
Dogs So Markcd-CannOt
Win Any Prizes.

Al q largely attended meeting OF the
Bulldog Club OF America last week
It was decided unanimously that tho 'dud |
ley" pink, flesh. chocolate or light coffee
color nosed bulldog shall be disqualified
under A. B, u. e. rules from winning a
prize OF any sort further. that wholly
black nose is tho IDEAL but a parti- colored
or a blue nose is undesirable, but that II
IN no way shal dsauslify.
II was pointed out by Robert Lobban
and other breeders of much experience
that IN ltters of puppies where there is
much white one or all will be found 10
have white splashes inside Of tho nostril
or nostr.ls, and this mark often rema MS
All puppies are born with white or pink
colored noses there are little pin prlcks
OF black on some OF them. and II will gen,
orally be found that these slightly tickei
ones will be tho earliest to reach the
black noscd state. In the case of puppies
having much white Il will be Obs.rvca
that the white speck OF splash inside the
nose will remain TO the end % the dogs
days. The quantity OF white on parti-
coloresi nose, however, Will douhtlessly be
tAlten into consideration by the judge
but. as before written. tho dudley" nosed
dog will be barred from taking any prize
at shows held under tho auspices of the
Bulldog Club If America
Tho presence OF some white In OF on the
rose Is more or less characteristic OF tho
parti -colored dog, especially where white
predominates. This white flesh will also
~ found associated with dogs that have
tight blue or gfaucous shaded coats The
wall or china eye often makes It's appear
snce in the instance stated, as may he
observed In Great pauos. old English
sheepdogs. DalmatianS, rough coiles,
smooth collies and part!-colored dachs-
I,11N Not iif~'N
an eyesore Al the dudley" is. and tho
worst OF Il is that II dudley" nosed
dog Is bred the mesalliance il apt 20 show
itself IN many generations atterward.
Tho term dudley Is purely col!oquial
and used only among dog fsnciers. u
IS esid to have Its origin In the fact that
q once celebrated dog from Dudley In
ataffordshire. England. possessed Il flesh
or light liver colored nose. Tho dudley
is ginger dog all the way through.
He hss reddish eyes and eyelids. the lips
nre red and a good example OF his may
be seen In the chocolate and cream spot
ted hairless dogs OF Mexico The bull
dog IL no longer "A dog used for the pur-
pose OF bull batting. although bull bait
ing qualities and proportions arc looked
for IN the present day dog.
Before the New Bulldog Club tEng-
Nsnd) was formed IN 1875 the breed was
IN low water Only man Of known
position would risk being seen with
bulldog. A bulldog owner had TO he a
lighting man himself. The club formed
N 1875 brought about a different state
Of things and Is is well known. the bull
dogs. English and French, are among the
most popular and widely known ard
owned Of all dogs II was because OF
She new status the dog attained after
1878 that he became "A faNoIite ard was
selected as q fashionable companion or
the guardian OF the house or both.
When the club was formed n was dis
tsnctiy agreed that the color of the dog
nose must be black and in the scale 81
points the 1875 rule reads THE nose
shouid be large, broad and black
The nostrils should he wide. large and
black"
The late Jacob Lamphier George Ra-
per and others who made the English
bulldog special study met several years
ago and divided tho properties OF tne
bulldog into eighty or ninety points.
They decided that the hose had three
properties: II should bo large It should
be black, Il should be wide In noStrils.
u was also carefully noted mat the eyes
as near as possible should be black
.vero Shaw. an authority on the bull
dog, said when he drew up his scale of
points many years ago: THE nose, which
must lay well back. In fact be as re-
troussc as Il Is possible tn imagine, must
BE- broad. large, moist and perfectly black
"a paste or flesh cDlpred nose technically
many good judges an absolute disquali-
Ncetiou in competition. When the 1873
scals ~ points was drawn up out of the
one hundred marks for the total individual
points Of the perfect dog i've points were
allowed for the Face shortuess, breadth
ana wrinkles of face breadth. bluntness
enuareness and upward turn OF muzzle
posltion, breadth. Size and backward III
clinaton OF top of nose size width black
ness OF and cleft between nostrils-0
points"
n IA reasonable to suppose that a dos
faulty in the above mentioned points
would be more highly penal!zed by the
Judges OF to-day. In the face of all these
and other authorities as TO the decided
color the nose OF the bulldog should be II
may be reasonably inquired why The
dudley" nosed dog was allowed to wr
IN this country. 1t Is for the reason that
there are several people who have great
interest in bulldogs who believe that a
good bulldog. like n great horse, cannot
be OF II bad color.
As "A matter of fact one Of the very bes
shaped bulldogs In America to-day is q
pronounced dudley" and he was PLACED
In tho highest position simply because
there was 10 rule in the scale of point.
OF the Bulldog Club Of America that coult
actually debar or disqualify this dog
Come judges, therefore placed this dog al
high as ne could go, There was nothing
10 stop them from picking out tho hes
made dog--the dog with the most bull
dog polnts-never mnding the color of hi
nose. eyes. lips or whatever hairs. oc
casioued by the different pigments, ap
peared on the dogs body. II was to talk
this matter into consideration that th'
vote. private and public. was called 70
at the meeting OF the Il. u. q. A.; an,
IN consequence the old half hearted rul
that declared the dudley" nose was OBJ
1cctionable was struck out and the alb
solute disqualification OF the dog De
cided on.
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