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...to start reading this article from the beginning please click on here...Blue Pauls threw many colored offspring, mostly blues and brindles. Occasionally a red appeared which was called a "Red Smut" because of lack of clarity in the color. This type was never numerous and few references to it can be found though data are available that document its existence. The rare variety is mentioned to aid researchers who may come across the name in some obscure reference.
BLUE PAUL These solid blue or solid red Scottish gladiators resembled the fighting Staffordshires of England but could weigh twice as much. The blue dogs were known in Scotland as Blue Pauls, and the reds as Red Smuts. The name Blue Paul derives from a Scottish yarn about the pirate Paul Jones who reportedly brought the dogs from abroad to the district of Kirkintilloch. The dogs were popular with he gypsies of that district who maintained that the dogs originally came from the Galloway coast, lending more color than blue to the Paul Jones tale. Like the bull-and-terrier breeds from which they derived, the Blue Pauls were game to the death in the ring. These dogs remained mute even at the height of battle, very much like the Tosa of Japan. In appearance, the Blue Paul was similar in appearance to the Bullmastiff of the late 1800s. The dog was a smooth coated cobby dog weighing about 45 lbs (20.5 kg), standing 20 inches (51 cm) at the shoulder. The head was large, the muzzle short and square. The jaws and lips were even, without overhanging flews. The stop was slight: eyes, dark hazel. The ears, set on high, were invariably cropped. The face was wrinkleless but the eyebrows were contracted or knit. There is a report that the last Blue Paul exhibited was shown in the late 1880s.
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