This amused me greatly.
This is an extract of Jan Bondeson's wonderful book "Remarkable Dogs", the chapter about "ratting" where dogs were put into pits of rats and bet upon. Yes bear with me, it doesn't sound funny so far, but it is.
I quote.
"There was turmoil among Manchester's ratting fancy in 1880. Mr Benson's fox terrier "Turk" was matched against Mr Lewis's monkey (!) in a twelve rat con
This is an extract of Jan Bondeson's wonderful book "Remarkable Dogs", the chapter about "ratting" where dogs were put into pits of rats and bet upon. Yes bear with me, it doesn't sound funny so far, but it is.
I quote.
"There was turmoil among Manchester's ratting fancy in 1880. Mr Benson's fox terrier "Turk" was matched against Mr Lewis's monkey (!) in a twelve rat con
