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 contest. Since the monkey was an unknown quantity, betting went heavily in favour of Turk. After the dog had killed twelve rats in a good time, the monkey was put into the rat-pit.
Mr Lewis handed it a hammer......."
Yes, you can guess the rest.
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 contest. Since the monkey was an unknown quantity, betting went heavily in favour of Turk. After the dog had killed twelve rats in a good time, the monkey was put into the rat-pit.
Mr Lewis handed it a hammer......."
Yes, you can guess the rest.