Question

read the following excerpt from the celebrated jumping frog of calaveras county. he had a little small bull pup, that to look at him youd think he wasnt worth a cent, but to set around and look ornery, and lay for a chance to steal something. but as soon as showery was up on him, he was a different dog; his underjawd begin to stick out like the focastle of a steamboat, and his teeth would uncover, and shine savage like the furnaces. and a dog might tackle him, and bully - rag him, and bite him, and throw him over his shoulder two or three times, and andrew jackson which was the name of the pup andrew jackson would never let on but what he was satisfied, and hadnt expected nothing else and the bets being doubled and doubled on the other side all the time, till the money was all up; and then all of a sudden he would grab that other dog jest by the jint of his hind leg and freeze on it not chew, you understand, but only jest grip and hang on till they thronged up the sponge, if it was a year. smiley always come out winner on that pup, till he harnessed a dog once that didnt have no hind legs, because theyd been sawed off by a circular saw, and when the thing had gone along far enough, and the money was all up, and he come to make a snatch for his pet bolt, he saw in a minute how hed been imposed on, and how the other dog had him in the door, so to speak, and he peered sur - prised, and then he looked sorter discouraged - like, and didnt try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out bad. what happens when smiley enters andrew jackson in a betting contest? andrew jackson loses the fight the other dog surrenders immediately andrew jackson unexpectedly grabs the other dogs hind leg and hangs on andrew jackson runs away from the fight

Explanation:

The text states that in betting - contests, Andrew Jackson would let the other dog attack and tire itself out, and then suddenly grab the other dog by the joint of its hind leg and hang on until the other dog gives up. This is described as the way Smiley always won with this pup until he met a dog with no hind legs.

Answer:

C. Andrew Jackson unexpectedly grabs the other dog's hind leg and hangs on