Nothing has yet been ascertained about the Hanley Dog.. fight.
Mr. Greenwood, the reporter of the fight, has visited Hanley, in company with Mr. Colam, the Secretary to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but has failed to point out the house in which the fight took place. In a letter upon the subject, he admits that he rather over-coloured the description of the dwarf, who is not a resident of Hanley, and that he invented the dog's odd name, " Physic," but reiterates his statement that he saw the scene, and that his description is in all essentials accurate. Mr. Goodson also, the Secretary to the Birmingham local Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty, states that his own strict investigation on the spot has convinced •him that the fight did occur, and his belief that a reward of £100 would bring out evidence of the fact. Character apart, it is excessively unlikely that any man habitually employed as a reporter or " commissioner," should invent a story of that kind, and not conceal the name of the place. The vague description, " in the Potteries," would have done just as well as " in Hanley."
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