io8 THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



OLD ENGLISH SHEEP-DOG 



This is a remarkably fine f holograph of a 'well-known specimen of this 

 interesting -variety 



like retrievers ; and fluffy, when the hair is 

 combed out, to give much the appearance of 

 fleecy wool. A part of the body, legs, head, 

 and tail is usually shorn. 



BULL-TERRIERS are now bred with small 

 natural drooping ears, and should have long 

 wedge-shaped heads, fine coats, and long 

 tails. There is also a toy variety, which 

 hitherto has suffered from round skulls and 

 tulip ears, but is rapidly improving. I have 

 bred many as small as 3 Ibs. in weight. In 

 each variety the colour preferred is pure 

 white, without any markings, and with fine 

 tapering tails. 



IRISH TERRIERS are very popular, and 

 should be nearly wholly red in colour, with 

 long lean heads, small drooping ears, hard 

 coats, not too much leg, and without coarse- 

 ness. They make good comrades. 

 BEDLINGTON TERRIERS have long been popular in the extreme north of England, and are 

 another fighting breed. It is indeed often difficult to avoid a difference of opinion between show 

 competitors. Their lean long heads, rather domed skulls, with top-knot of lighter hair, long 

 pointed ears, and small dark eyes, give them a peculiar appearance. The coats, which are 

 " linty " in texture, should be shades of blue or liver. 



Three breeds, all more or less hard in coat-texture, and grizzled in colour on heads and bodies, 

 while tanned on other parts, are AIREDALE, OLD ENGLISH, and WELSH TERRIERS, which may be 

 divided into large, medium, and small. The first-named make very good all round dogs ; the 

 Old English, less in number, make useful dogs, and are hardy and companionable ; while Welsh 

 terriers are much the size of a small wire-haired fox-terrier, but usually shorter and somewhat 

 thicker in the head. I intended one of Mr. W. S. Glynn's best dogs to illustrate the last-named. 

 FOX-TERRIERS are both smooth- and wire-haired. Their convenient size and lively tempera- 

 ment make them very popular as pets and companions for both sexes and all ages. The colour 

 is invariably white, with or without markings on head or body, or both. 



BLACK-AND-TAN and WHITE ENGLISH 

 TERRIERS are built upon the same lines, 

 differing chiefly in colour, the former being 

 raven-black, with tan markings on face, legs, 

 and some lower parts of the body, and the 

 latter pure white all over. Both should have 

 small natural drooping ears, fine glossy coats, 

 and tapering sterns. The toy variety of the 

 former should be a miniature of the larger, 

 and is very difficult to produce of first-class 

 quality. 



SCOTTISH TERRIERS are very interesting, 

 often with much " character " about them. 

 The usual colours are black, shades of gray, 

 or brindle, but some are seen fawn, stone- 

 bolt upright, the coat as hard as a badger's, 



MASTIFF 



>es almost an ideal picture of this splendid breed, the 

 being known as black-brindie 



