America's Dog's scrap book consists of blood, guts and tragedy

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

Smartest psychopathic pit nutter EVER!

Bert, a Bull terrier belonging to JOHN W CAMERON Jr of 3369 Colonial Avenue in Schenectady was stolen from his prison cell after the judge ordered his execution after biting two kids. This was one of the most diabolically calculated pit nutter moves that I have witnessed in all of my years of tracking nutters and their crimes.

If you fail to convince the judge that the victims for provoked your dog to attack, don't panic, don't threaten - politely COOPERATE with the authorities. After midnight, get your buddy and a pair of bolt cutters, sneak in and spring your little man biter out of prison. THEN make a public plea for the dog's safe return to the shelter.



Schenectady Gazette, September, 19, 1984

The Utah Solution

Before Denver, before Miami, before Ohio, there was Utah.


The Salt Lake Herald, Salt Lake City, UT, August 5, 1906




The lesson of all this is that a bulldog is a dangerous brute and that not one of the animals should allowed to go unmuzzled.

The Evening Standard, Ogden, UT, May 19, 1911


Why so much attention given to the Beehive State?

Could it be a member of the PBTB Assoc lived in Ogden?

Could it be that pit breeder F.W. Matthews' curs made their way from the pit to the pram? Could it be they did not integrate well outside the of the box.


(notice the spelling of pit with two TTs)

See also
Hmmm...I thought pit bulls were the CURRENT bugaboo breed?

The Bulldog Menace

Early Equine Grippers

Nanny Dog Attacks

Handful of grapes + lacerated scalp = dirt napping gripper

The Times, August, 25, 1897

Redirected Enthusiasm



America's most enthusiastic dog gets caught up in the moment, grabs a hold of a boy's ear and won't let go until two men choke him off.

Perrysburg Journal, July 14, 1911




Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, July 22, 1885



The National Tribune, July 30, 1885




New York Tribune, August 11, 1888

If the first lie doesn't suceed, try, try and try again.

Uh-oh, gripper screwed up again. Circle the wagons.

Assuming that you are unable to execute a successful dine and dash, First throw yourself at the mercy judge.

Tell him what a weak and pathetic loser you are. Impress the judge to take pity on you by convincing him that gripper is all that you have in the world and you will die without gripper.



Isn't your psychopathic best friend worth any last shred of decency that you might be clinging to?



IF that fails...

Start by explaining how gripper is an individual and has bad days just like everyone else.

Then blame the weather, clothing, radio waves, communism, background noise, fruits & vegetables or whatever else you can muster on the stand but if those fail....

Shamelessly lie in vain to save your gripper by blaming the 12 yr old victim. Remember, gripper would DIE (and kill) for you!

And when that doesn't work on the judge...



The only thing left to do is CRY LIKE A LITTLE GIRL!

The rolodex of excuses has expanded greatly over the last 100 years.
IDjeepgurl has honed this to a fine art.

The Washington Times, February 15, 1913

vintage pit trigger: new fangled garments

Slit skirts, slit skirt

Jeanie isn't wearing those slit skirts, slit skirt
She wouldn't dare in those slit skirts, slit skirt
Wouldn't be seen dead in no slit skirt
Pete Townsend

Girls, the split skirt is dangerous.

It may not be hard on the eyes of men, and may facilitate walking, but it is a mighty poor protection when a bulldog attacks you.

Mike Romain owns, or did own, a bulldog. It is a perfectly moral animal, but it couldn't stand the sight of Anna McMannagan's split skirt.

Miss McMannagan visited the Romain home wearing one of those new fangled garments. Romain's bulldog grabbed her by what the skirt failed to conceal and closed his jaws. As a result Anna was painfully hurt, and the dog is in the pound, awaiting death. Judge Sullivan administered the sentence, in spite of an eloquent plea by Romain.

"It was one of those new skirts that did it," wailed the owner of the dog. "Anna McMannagan comes to our house wearing one with a ventilator in the side. My dog ain't used to anything like that, so he makes a snap at Anna's–well, he snapped where there ought to have been some dress goods. But there wasn't any material–"

"Whaddye mean, there wasn't any material?" interrupted the judge after looking at the Anna.

"There wasn't any dress material, your honor," explained Romain. "So the dog just naturally bit her. Ordinarily he's gentle, just like a calf, judge."

"Sure, I get that 'like a calf' stuff," said the judge. "The dog will have to be shot."

But Miss McMannagan isn't going to wear her split skirt when there are dogs around.

FAIL: real world temperament test.
I guess Mike should have used some of gripper's favorite treats to familiarize him with split skirts.

The Day Book, Chicago, July 23, 1913




The Day Book, Chicago, May 22, 1912