Bulldog - Athens, GA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Description: A bulldog with a spiked collar stands on a rectangular base.
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According to the Official Uga history (http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=454891), this is Mike. Everyone would recognize it as Uga. At the time of photographing (11/2005) he was covered in vasoline.

Mike, 1951-55


Butch was succeeded by Mike, another brindled English bulldog, owned by C. L. Fain. Mike lived in the field house on campus and died of natural canine causes in 1955. As his master’s thesis, Gene Owens of Fort Worth, Texas, cast the bronze statue of Mike, which is located at the entrance of Memorial Hall.

TITLE: Bulldog ARTIST(S): Gene Owens DATE: 1955 MEDIUM: Bronze CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000126 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Memorial Hall - Corner of Sanford and Hooper DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted. At time of visit (Nov 2005) Uga was covered in vasoline.

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