If that unknown happens to be discovered he will be furnished with one of the choicest cells in the jail, and when released he will be allowed to give burial to the worthless carcass of the pet brute.
Officer Coleman again seized the brute by the throat and this time choked him until his eyes bulged out and his frothy tongue hung between his ugly teeth.
"Kill him, kill him!" cried the crowd that gathered. "The dog's mad!"
The San Francisco Call, April 15, 1897
Nanny dog!
ReplyDeleteSome odd end cartoons. I guess this was before the english bulldog became entirely useless as a baiter or fighter.
ReplyDeleteCrowd fears english bulldog
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl5970l.jpg
Man with shotgun and pit dog protect pudding
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl0010l.jpg
Officer tries to muzzle pit dog
http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/csl4135l.jpg
Bulldog glares at young girl
http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQkmwgaX8ziOFs--fk5bZkdHRaLQ6oEjLUHfz_rWGXSK_I8p5zuzvMT7Cnp
Here's an odd one
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045366/1904-07-30/ed-1/seq-23/;words=bulldog?date1=1836&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=bulldog&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3&index=7