6 page photo illustrated article by James Watson from a rare 1905 Edwardian periodical, the article is entitled "The Transformation of the Bulldog - Originally bred for Bull-Baiting he is now valued for show and as a companion – The true bulldog not quarrelsome and a poor fighter”

A very interesting article with several photo illustrations showing changes in the breed over the years, including –

Movement of a 10 month puppy

The cow – hocked shuffling rear motion

Typical bulldog in body and swing

The advance of the left shoulder

A Spanish dog used in Bull fights in 1625 from an old plaque

The Bulldog in his palmy days when he was bred for fighting instead of for show and companionship – from the Sportsmans repository 1820

The first English bulldog in America “Donald” Exhibited in 1880 by Sir William Verner at New York

”Rodney Smasher” best puppy in show in 1903

Champion Ivel Doctor a great winner in England and America

”Thackerfay Soda” best light weight bitch of present time

Champion “La Roche” best bull bitch of the day in America and possibly the World

”Rodney Monarch” one of the best light weight pure bred bulldogs 

CONDITION Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a scarce disbound publication, there are no covers.

Whilst the images show the pages in their bound state the article will be sent as loose pages.

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