408 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



it. If made a preliminary to an outing in the fields, he-will 

 learn not to consider it an unpleasant bondage, and will not 

 droop as if the chain were used merely for purposes of 

 confinement and punishment. After the first requisites, 

 health and well -developed and hard muscles, comes the 

 coat. The attention which it is customary to give to this 

 before showing is one detriment to the dog's popularity. 



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BEDLINGTON TERRIER PUPPIES. 



By Tick Tack, out of Polly Markworth Bred and owned by W. H. Russell, -55 East 

 Sixty-eighth street, New York City. 



There are times when the natural coat is such that the dog 

 needs no trimming to look his best. At other times, as the 

 old hairs do not drop simultaneously, and as some remain 

 irregularly here and there over the dog, light in color and 

 long, they should be removed to give him a neat look. 



This may be done without objection with a fine-tooth 

 comb, but many people think it fair to remove some hair 

 by plucking. If any mark of such treatment is shown on 



