The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
:. He's Ny Tyke--He's Al Right
Is Motto of Real Dog Lovers
Your Pets Disposition and Intelligence and Friendship
Should Count in Your Estimate Some Lipely State
n1ents About the Types in Today's Kennel Page.
BY ANDREW p. o'CoNoR.

BY ANDREW p. O'CoNoR.
IL your choice should happen to fall on
n mongrei canine. to which you were at
tracted by its affection for you, and II
some acquaintance who happened to oe
.,doggy-wise" should make light of your
pet, should advise you to get rid OF II
because It did not happen to be thor
oughbred,' and IL you finally did take the
advice and dispose of II, you are not q
dog fancier; you have no business with
a dog Of any kind. because you are not
worthy, OF the affection Of q dog. The
fact that the ''Tyke' happened TO have a
bar sinister worked into his family
escutcheon was no fault Of his. nor did
the accident of birth make him less
loyal than his more patrician cousins
In awarding the ribbons at the dog
shows, the qualities of brains. loyalty
and comradeship which have endeared
the dog to mankind In not taken into con-
sideration by the judges. The standards
which have been adopted have to do only
with coat expression and conforma-
ton. In many breeds the less room
there is in a dogs skull for the storage
of brains the more perfect the dog Is
considered by our modern judges, whose
OF the world.
Owing to the fact that certain breeds
. of dogs have been reduced from intelli-
gent courageous useful animals, to
hideous monstrosities which are incapable
of affection, which would drown in pud-
die OF water. and which haven't brains
enough to follow their masters through a
deserted street. the canine world would
he better of without them.
Decadepce of Run Dog.
Go to the Library of Congress and ask
to see a copy of the -Sportsman's Cab
met" of 1905, examine the picture OF the
Bull Dog painted by Reinagle, COM
pare il with a picture Of any bull dog
OF today, and you will readily see how
this wonderful breed has deterioated. In
Reinagle's time, the bull dog was built
over and not between his legs as We see
him today. His skull was high and
round, which denoted room for brain
development
The bull dogs of France and Spain
probably originated from the English bull
dog; they were. and in some places are
still. used for bull-bsiting. The French
and Spanish dogs resemble the Reinagle
painting. muscular. alert-looking. straight
legged-the very personification of power
ana courage, and range in weight from
100 TO Is pounds. The English bull dogs
are so extremely delicate that il a breed
er saves five out of ten puppies he may
consider himself fortunate. and IL he
brings one out of five to maturity, he Is
considered a genius.
We present herewith pictures of Silver
Wizard, a modern bull dog, a monstros-
ity whose brains, IL composed of dyna-
mite, would not have suffiient force to
raise the hair on his ugly head. While
his progenitors were able to subdue the
iercest and strongest bulls. this mutt
could not hold a sucking calf. The breed
has always been the writer's favorite
among the transporting members OF the
canine family, and he regrets to see them
deteriorating year after year.
Sans Model Looks Useful.
Sans Model. is a modern bull terrier.
which originated from a cross between
the bull dog and black and tan terrier.
Sans Model closely resembles in con-
formation the useful bull dog of 100 years
ago. The bull terrier is one of the most
active, courageous and intelligent, as
we'll as most -ffectionate and loyal of all
breeds.
The American bull terrier, which is, of
course, of English origin, has been i'm
proved since its introduction into this
country. and even the English breeders
Sabine Rarewon is one of the Ameri-
can fox terriers referred to in The Her
aid last week as being one which carried
all before 1t in the English show rings
The strain originated from the old work
ing fox terrier of England, a specimen of
the breed which We also present, taken
in England with the writer. and which
We present for the purpose of comparison
between the old and new breed, the lat
ter of which is absolutely useless for the
purpose for which the old strain was de-
veloped.
The old strain is still carefully bred by
English sportsmen. and the pedigree Of
the little bitch. which was ten years old
at the time this picture was made, runs
back in unbroken lines for more than 100
years.
original of which was one OF the most
useful breeds in all the world: one of the
GeE breeds whose mission was 20 save in
stead of destroy life, as is the nature of
most breeds Of dogs The stories of these
heroic dogs are most inspiring. and prove
that true courage dwells with gentle
ness"
The Story of Barry.
One of the most pathetic chapters in
canine history, records the death Of
Earry, dog of this breed, which. after
having rescued forty hapless wayfarers
in the Alpine snow storms, was mistaken