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Mastiff Did You Know?
- The Mastiff was supposed to have originated in Asia.
- Drawings on Egyptian monuments depict typical Mastiffs dating about 3000
BC; in literature, the earliest Mastiff reference occurs 1121 BC.
- Caesar described Mastiffs in his account of invading Britain in 55 BC.
- The Mastiff was matched against human gladiators as well as against bulls,
bears, lions, and tigers.
- The Mastiff entertained nobility in dog fights, and later the general
public, at places like the "Westminster Pit" in London, a fashionable
sporting establishment.
- The Mastiff is documented in Chaucer, who describes them as "large
as steer."
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