Matador du Midi, imported to England from France in October 1896 by H. C. Brooke. He had been used to fight bulls and bears in France but Mr. Brooke entered him in shows where he was a prize winner. His color was fawn with a black mask, height at the shoulder 24 inches and weight 110 pounds.Arctic King was originally brought to Scotland on a whaling ship then sold several times, possibly because he fought with both cats and other dogs, before being bought by H. C. Brooke. He won dozens of prizes at shows in England. Myall was captured in the wild as a pup and tamed by someone in Australia before being brought to England. Another prize winner at the shows, owned by H. C. Brooke.The best anyone could manage in naming this dog was apparently The Hairy King. A winning show dog who also reportedly hunted rabbits and rats in bushes, hedges and snow. He too was owned in England by H. C. Brooke.
Source for four images above:
Gresham, F. (1897, February 6). Some foreign dogs. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 124-125
Country Life Illustrated, March 13, 1897Country Life Illustrated, March 27, 1897Source: A.S.R. (1897, June 26). Mrs. H.L. Horsfall and her great Danes. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 699-702.It’s the imported Pomeranians that are yappy. Source: A.S.R. (1897, July 3). Some ladies’ dogs. Country Life Illustrated, pp. 720-721A.S.R. (1897, July 17). Some ladies’ dogs. Country Life Illustrated, p. 44.Vanity Fair, February 1917Vanity Fair, June 1917Two ads in Vanity Fair, March 1917Calling all small weedy bitches! Source: Eberhart, Alvin George. (1917). Everything about dogs. Pub. for the Eberhart kennels, Camp Denison, O., by the Field and Fancy Pub. Corp.Vanity Fair, May 1917Vanity Fair, November 1917Dog had to write his own “for sale” ad. Vanity Fair, December 1917
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