Tiny the Wonder

Depiction of Tiny in the painting Rat-Catching at the 'Blue Anchor' Tavern, Bunhill Row, Finsbury, London. Oil on canvas, 1850–52. Museum of London, London.[1]
Artillery Arms, 102 Bunhill Row, where Tiny the Wonder fought in the rat pits underneath

Tiny the Wonder was an English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) famous in the City of London in the mid-19th century for being able to kill 200 rats in an hour in the city's rat-baiting pits.[2][3] At the time, the world record for killing 100 rats was 5 minutes, 30 seconds, held by a bull and terrier named Billy.[4]

  1. ^ Rat-Catching at the 'Blue Anchor' Tavern, Bunhill Row, Finsbury, London. The man in the middle with a pocket watch is Jemmy Shaw. Archived 2019-04-02 at the Wayback Machine Art UK. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ Thorpe, Vanessa (31 March 2019). "Small wonder: tiny Victorian dog that killed 200 rats an hour". The Observer. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Ratting Terriers". Amalek English Toy Terriers. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. ^ Fleig, D. (1996). History of Fighting Dogs. pp. 105–112 T.F.H. Publications. ISBN 0-7938-0498-1