THE BULL-DOG BREED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIIII, Issue 3626, 12 September 1912, Page 5

THE BULL-DOG BREED.

ANOTHER AVERSION OF MR ISITT.

By Telegraph—Special Corresnondent. WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. Mr Isitt, M.P., has two antipathies —beer, and bulldogs. * Everyone knew of his dislike of beer, but few suspected that he objected to the British bulldog.' ■lt may be that his aversion comes from the fact that- the bulldog’s head is so closely associated with a certain brand of British bottled beer. Anyhow be has put a series of queries to the Minister for Justice on the subject of bull-dogs. He has drawn attention to a case in Wellington where a boy was oitten by a bull-dog and he asks whether the police are alive to the number of attacks recently made by bulldogs < n people in various cities-, and the serious menace the breeding and importation of these animals constitute "to the public. Also he asked will the Minister consider what additional precautions can be taken to safeguard the people against these dogs ? Hon. Mr Herdman has gravely informed him that the public are sufficiently protected under the Dog Registration Act, and that the police authorities state that attacks by bulldogs haio not been more numerous than by dogs - of other breeds.