THE MEXICAN HAIRLESS DOG. 651 



then pretty well grown and established in health and vigor 

 before the advent of the cold months. Distemper is apt to 

 be a serious matter with them, but I have never seen one 

 afflicted with any kind of skin disease, unless I except 

 one poor little bitch that was suffering from an eruption, 

 the natural consequence of a diet of sweets and indigesti- 

 ble pastry. 



The dog illustrated, Me Too (6074), is pretty well known 

 in the East, and the portrait is a good one. As can be seen, 

 he is of neither Terrier nor Grey hound shape. By the 

 way, nearly all the writers who have treated of this dog 

 speak of him as a Greyhound and not as a Terrier. Me Too 

 is broad-chested and of such muscular development as is 

 rarely met with in specimens of this breed. The hind 

 quarters are extremely graceful and Greyhound-like in 

 form and action. 



About the time the photograph was taken from which 

 this engraving was made, Me Too ran one hundred yards 

 on an athletic club's grounds in a fraction over seven 

 seconds, without any training or understanding of 

 what was expected of him. This was a trifle longer than 

 the best on record for dogs up to that date; and this 

 " without turning a hair," if I may be allowed the expres 

 sion. 



His tail is short, fine, and well set on; the back short and 

 ribs well set on. The lines of the neck are so rounded as to 

 have called forth the remark that it was like the neck of a 

 lovely woman. His head is too short for a Greyhound or 

 Terrier, but as a compensation he has a larger brain-pan 

 than either, and the soft brown eyes are full of expression; 

 muzzle nicely pointed; ears fine and perfectly erect, but 

 not too large for the proportions; skin, all over, soft as 

 undressed kid, almost black in summer, and a mouse -col or 

 in winter. His teeth are bad, and this is a peculiarity of 

 the breed, being few in number and indifferent in quality. 

 Youatt, in his book, mentions this singular circumstance 

 connected with the Turkish hairless dog, and I myself ob- 

 served it. It may safely be inferred that a hairless dog 



