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Q. Were either of these dogs pit bulls - The RCA Victrola dog andPetey, the dog in the "Our Gang" comedies?A. There has been somecontroversy about whether Nipper,the famous RCA dog peering quizzically into the horn of a phonograph, was a so-called pit bull or a smooth-haired fox terrier. We can tell you that according to his owner, British artist Francis Barraud, who acquired Nipper in 1884, the dog was a fox terrier. The Smithsonian Institution, which has one of the four stainedglass windows of Nipper and the phonograph that had been installed in the Victor Talking Machine Co., says it is a fox terrier. Also, of the several bull terrier and fox terrier club spokesmen and breeders we spoke to, only one - a bull terrier club president - said the dog was a pit bull. Everyone else agreed that Nipper was a fox terrier.