The entrepreneurial spirit of James prompted him to think that the public’s interest in bloody dog fights was not forever, and, therefore, unaesthetic fighting breeds were doomed to extinction. Only the noble exterior gave them a ghostly hope for further existence. Hinks, in the company of other breeders, decided to continue breeding dogs. This time, Bull and Terriers were crossed with several breeds at once: a white Old English Terrier (now considered extinct), a bulldog, a greyhound, a Dalmatian, and even a Scottish Collie.