European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 after the child the woman took Refuge atop a parked Don Evert of said he broke a Good solid 2by4 Over the head of his female pit Bull named sprocket in an unsuccessful Effort to dissuade her from killing so he sprocket has killed about Shes Good with said she likes the Boston Herald reports attacks by pit bulls have become a major problem throughout new with More than so attacks last year in Boston the increase in pit Bull attacks is said John director of the world society for the Protection of in my Opin owning one is just a form of blatant exhibit these dogs Are walking time Pound for the pit Bull has greater jaw strength than any animal on Chris of who owns pit agrees with much of the legislation to control the theres a lot of Riffraff that owns the he told the Many of these people Are idiots who get the dogs for the wrong they  be allowed to own any let alone a pit when you have this Breed of you have to be extremely the dogs Are much too formidable to allow the owner to be anything in the summer of two pit pulls dragged 11yearold Jorge Cuartas from his bicycle on a Miami Street and bit him More than 100 his left foot was nearly severed and had to be if you had seen the injun said the boys you probably  have believed they had been done by a state troopers caught one of the two dogs soon after the Vaughn director of Dade county animal said his office was flooded with More than 100 Calls a Day from people who wanted to adopt the animal control officer Daniel Smith in Santa believes he knows Why people want to own pit some people View it As a Macho he a few people out there want own the Macho dog of the at this its the pit such people May not know that last year a baby was attacked in his crib by his family pit Bull in Daniel Lloyd Smith suffered severe lacerations and several broken he died at Miami childrens Hospi Tal five hours after the he was nine weeks the dogs Linda spent no time de fending the killer i wish i could have shot that dog then and new York times photo san Francisco breeder with pit