Here's a link to a story I read recently from a local newspaper about Stoke's old days including a dwarf vs dog fight:-
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Ignore the link here's the part from the actual book:-
The dwarf, however, was not to be stormed and defeated all in a moment. Once the ghastly fight began, there was a dire fascination in it; and I now noted closely the combat. The man was on all fours when the words "Let go" were uttered, and, making accurate allowance for the length of the dog's chain, he arched his back, cat wise, so as just to escape its fangs, and fetched it a blow on the crown o