Mary Allen
# 16 In 1859, breeders began showing the bulldog at dog shows in England. The first dog show to allow bulldogs was in 1860 in Birmingham, England.
In 1861 a bulldog named King Dick won the Birmingham show. One of their descendants, a dog named Crib, was later described as "almost perfect".
# 17 In 1864 the first Bulldog Breeding Club was founded by a man named R.S. Rockstro.
The club had about 30 members and its motto was "Hold on." A club member wrote the first breed standard under the pseudonym Philo-Kuon. The Bulldog breed standard was proven to be the first in the world. Unfortunately, the club broke up again after only three years.
In 1875 another Bulldog Club was formed and they developed a breed standard similar to that of Philo-Kuon. This breeding club still exists today.
Bulldogs were brought to the United States and a brindle and white bulldog named Donald was shown in New York in 1880. A bulldog named Bob was registered with the American Kennel Club in 1886.
# 18 In 1890 H.D. Kendall from Lowell of Massachussetts, the Bulldog Club of America.
It was one of the first breed clubs to become a member of the new American Kennel Club. Initially the club used the British breed standard, but felt that this was not precise enough and so, in 1894, developed the American standard, which gave rise to the name American Breed Bulldog. The English protested against the name and some points of the new standard. After much work, the revised standard was accepted in 1896. This standard still exists today.