The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19
DUDLEY NOSED DOGS
RANKED AS 0UTCASTS
Arbitrarily Made Rules Kept
Many Good Dogs Out Of
Prize List.
VICTIMS OF PREJUD1CES
Judge at Recent Chicago Show
Defied Tradition and
Is Praised.
VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE

There is an old saying among the BULL
dog breeders OF the East End OF London
virtually the working men dog fanciers
Of the greatest dog breeding country in
the worid-that there never was dudley
nosed bulldog had In his make and shape.
A dudley nosed dog Is one that has .
yellow or flesh colored nose. just as are
20 be found in red dachshunds or lemon
married dogs. such as the Clumber or
japanese spaniels.
The variations Of the colors OF eyes and
noses often follow the body markings OF
Q dos. Some of the best bulldogs that
ever lived were dudley nosed. and a cham
Zion mastiff OF his time had also this So
called malcolorization.
The Bulldog Club of America Is calling
q meeting for April } at the Hotel Gre
gorian. New York. at which the speakers
will discuss the ACCESSIBILITY OF amending
the bulldog standard in such a way as to
disqualify dogs having nosea other than
black. or dudley noses.
Very high In the prize list at the recent
Chicago show James Mortimer placed a
dudley nosed dog. Like many another
man, he refused TO believe that the make
and shape Of dog Is spoiled because OF
the color Of the dogs nose. His judy
ment has met with little adverse criticism.
The origin OF the term dudley" IL more
or less problematical. 1t Is generally ac-
CoDteO tNBt SUCH uOks were ~ uVsiSHut'u
because Of a flesh color nosed dog from
the town OF Dudley In Staffordshire. Eng
land. a district at one time noted for Its
fighting dogs.
Many judges IN dog shows. because II
was writ large In the book OF rules Of their
clubs. have had to pass over dudley nosed
dogs. at the same time admiring the dogs.
but victims OF their own loyalty to the
tenets Of their eliminates. and have never
for a moment stopped to inquire into tire
authorship Of such a Standardization.
II has never been advanced that the
dudley bulldog is physically incapable as
q bulldog On the other hand any mon
atrosity may be labelled bulldog II he
has a black nose. Several dudley nosed
bulldogs could be named. and all Of these
were OF great merit. Some OF them were
sent to the best shows mot for competi-
ton Enthusiastic paid their entrance
- so that the public could look upon
q good dog. The dudley Our Jack. owned
~ the late Jack Ashbourne Of London
was as good n bulldog as ever stood on
four legs. Everybody knew II and said
City Jack. as Ashbourne was called
vas one Of the famous characters Of
the day. and many are the tales that
are told OF City Jack and his faithful
dudley nosed bull. with Its dyed whiskers
which followed him about the city.
Once a dudley nosed dog did win In q
show. II was several years ago when the
prominent members of the Bulldog Clut
OF England thought they would enjoy
themselves and hold bulldog show a,
Harry Layton's beer house on Bethna
Green road London. The furniture wa,
taken out Of the place and piled upor
the street In a trce Spratt's Patent
had ''benched" the whole house and bed
rooms became dog show parlors William
H. Sprague. one OF the most prominent
bulldog men OF the Victorian era. WI,
the Judge Snrague was the brains Of
the Bulldog Club at that time. The show
was sort OF catch as catch can one
There were no rules to govern Il, ant
SpraRue could Judge with his hands free
It didn't surprise any one when he CAV,
the Gun for the best dog in the show I,
a dudley. The dog won on his merit,
and nobody complained