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the prize. But be it ever remembered that the 

 show ring and the selling of a dog are two sepa- 

 rate and distinct propositions. In the writer's 

 opinion and experience a wide gulf opens up 

 between a perfect white or black dog comporting 

 absolutely to the standard, and one of desirable 

 color and markings that is off a number of 

 points. I have always found a white, black, 

 mouse, or liver colored dog, I care not how good 

 in every other respect, almost impossible to get 

 rid of at any decent price. People simply would 

 not take them. Perhaps my experience has run 

 counter to others. I trust it may have done so, 

 but candor compels me to make this statement. 

 I find that this condition of things is some- 

 what misleading, especially to beginners in the 

 breed. They have seen the awards made in the 

 shows (with absolute justice, as already stated), 

 and have naturally inferred that in consequence 

 of this, breeding for desirable colors was not of 

 paramount importance after all. Only a month 

 or two ago an article appeared in a charming 

 little dog magazine, written evidently by an 

 amateur, on this question of color and markings. 

 He had visited the Boston Terrier Club show 

 last November, and speaking of seal brindles, 

 said : "If this color is so very desirable it seems 

 strange that so few were seen, and that so many 

 of the leading terriers were black and white, 



