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THE CARNIVORES 



Yorkshire 

 Terrier 



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The last of the long-haired terriers that we shall mention is the 

 Yorkshire or Halifax terrier. This is a small breed, readily distin- 

 guished by the enormous length of the long and silky hair, espe- 

 cially on the face. On the body the length of the hair is about three or four inches, 

 while on the face it reaches as much as six or seven, and thus communicates a most 

 grotesque appearance. The color on the upper parts is a grizzled ' blue, ' ' owing to 

 the mixture of dark with light hairs, while tan occupies the same parts as in the 



black and tan terrier. 



Under the title of English terriers may be included the short-haired 

 English Terrier dogg common i y known as the black and tan terrier, with its diminu- 

 tive representatives, the toy terrier and the white terrier. The black and tan, or 

 Manchester terrier, is too well known to require any description. It is of about the 

 same average size as the fox-terrier, varying in weight from some ten or twelve to 

 as much as eighteen pounds. Especial attention is paid to the coloration of this ter- 

 , the black being required to be of jetty fullness, and sharply denned from the 



tan, which should 



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be of a rich ma- 

 hogany. The tan 

 should occupy a 

 spot over each eye, 

 and another on the 

 cheek, as well as the 

 sides of the jaws 

 backward to the 

 lower parts of the 

 cheeks, ending on 

 the throat. It 

 should also occupy 

 all the under parts, 

 the inner sides of 

 the ears, a spot on 

 each side of the 

 chest, the whole of 

 the inner sides of 



the limbs, their outer sides as far as the wrist and ankle joints, and the whole 

 of the feet, with the exception of a narrow line of black along each toe. The 

 black and tan toy terrier is merely a diminutive derivative from the Man- 

 chester terrier. It should not exceed six pounds in weight, and is most prized 

 when it only weighs three and one-half or four pounds, if it at the same time ex- 

 hibits perfect symmetry. The white English terrier is a less well-known breed, 

 having the same general characteristics as the Manchester terrier, but of a pure 

 opaque white color, with dark eyes, nose, and claws. 



Although very different in appearance to the typical representatives 

 of that group, the poodle, which is perhaps the cleverest of all dogs, 

 and the one most apt to learn tricks, is included among the terriers. The general 





SMOOTH AND ROUGH TERRIERS. 



Poodle 



