Over at 3 Million Dogs they have a post up about the pathologically deformed "Toadline" bulldogs of which a few examples can be seen below.
Proof that nothing is new under the sun, the cartoon, below is from the January 24, 1906 edition of Punch (page 67).
The text is still a bit muddy, but it says:
Proof that nothing is new under the sun, the cartoon, below is from the January 24, 1906 edition of Punch (page 67).
Click to enlarge.
.The text is still a bit muddy, but it says:
Proud Producer: ”There’s an animal for you! Seventeen Championship Cups and two hundred gold medals!
Eh? ‘ What is it?”
Why, the latest development of the Bull-dog, to be sure.
Eh? “not like a Bull-dog?“
Why, of course not! Where would be your development if it were? Why, Sir, in three more generations we’ll have him tailless, earless, toothless, and webfooted!”
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