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with good teeth gets them as the result of a cross with 

 some outsider. 



Me Too weighs eighteen pounds. His measurements I 

 have never taken, and he is so old now that it would not be 

 fair to offer them. His serious faults are two white toes on 

 the fore and hind feet of the right side and a jaw slightly 

 overshot, or "pig- jawed," as it is termed. He was shown, 

 during five years, at fifteen large bench shows and judged 

 by ten different judges without defeat an unusual record. 

 Mr. W. K. Taunton, an Englishman who has had larger 

 experience of foreign dogs than any man living, judged 

 the Mexican Hairless class at New York in 1888, and vol- 

 unteered the remark that Me Too was a rare one, and that 

 he had never seen his better. Mr. J. R. Pierson, formerly 

 of Greyhound fame, has seen many of these dogs in Brazil, 

 and has always considered Me Too a typical specimen. His 

 breeding is entirely unknown to me, but I believe him to 

 have been born about March, 1882, as he came into my pos- 

 session when undoubtedly a year old. Me Too is now 

 aging fast, for this climate is not conducive to longevity in 

 the Mexican Hairless race. 



Nellie (6076), now in possession of Mrs. E. C. Moore, of 

 New Rochelle, N. Y., is also of unknown pedigree, but in 

 her prime was a fine one. She stands badly on her feet, 

 but that is also unnatural to her. In color she is even 

 darker than Me Too, and her skin is of remarkable softness. 

 A few white blotches are scattered over her legs and feet. 

 Her face would be prettier if the eyes were not quite so 

 prominent. 



As is proper in her sex, she is much less muscular than 

 Me Too, stands a trifle higher on her legs, and is yet 

 smaller, weighing about fourteen pounds. Her action is 

 much like that of the Italian Greyhound, and she is a 

 pretty companion for a walk. 



Pickaninny (6077) was the result of breeding Me Too 

 to Nellie, and she was the prettiest little bitch I ever saw. 

 She lived to the age of eleven months, and then died in the 

 agonies of strychnine poisoning. 



