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We will enumerate the following colors in the 

 order of their resistance, so to speak: 



No. I. White. This color, theoretically a 

 combination of red, green and violet will be 

 found the hardest to eliminate, as the shade de- 

 sired will have to be worked in, so to speak, and 

 it will take several generations before a seal 

 brindle with perfect markings that can be de- 

 pended upon to always reproduce itself can be 

 obtained. Starting with a white bitch (always 

 remember that the shades desired must be pos- 

 sessed by the dog), we breed her always to a 

 golden brindle dog. The bitches (those most 

 resembling the sire in color being selected) from 

 these two are mated to a dark mahogany brindle 

 dog, and the females from this last union are 

 mated to a dark seal brindle dog. It will readily 

 be observed that we have bred into the 

 white color, golden, mahogany and seal brindle^ 

 and this admixture of color will give practically 

 over ninety per cent, of desirable brindles. Al- 

 ways see that the sires used are perfectly marked, 

 from ancestry possessing the same correct 

 markings. This is absolutely imperative, where 

 the stock to be improved is worked upon is white. 



No. 2. Black. This color is the opposite of 

 white, inasmuch as there is an excess of pig- 

 ment, which in this case will have to be worked 

 out. Breed the black bitch to a red brindle dog 



