THE BLACK-AND-TAN TERRIER 



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and for many years it was so designated by the Kennel Club in their 

 Stud Book ; but for some time past this definition has been dropped, 

 and the breed now appears under the heading of Black-and-tan 

 Terriers. This is as it should be, as this dog is really an old English 

 Terrier ; and although, at one time, many of the principal breeders 

 and exhibitors resided in Manchester and the surrounding district, 

 numbers of these Terriers are bred in other parts of the country. 



There is probably no dog so difficult to breed in anything like 

 perfection as the Black-and-tan Terrier (Fig. 106), for in addition to all 

 the points required in other breeds, colour and correct markings are 



FIG. 106. MRS. F. M. HIGGS'S BLACK-AND-TAN TERRIER BAGATELLE. 



essential qualifications. The black should be intense and jet-like, 

 the tan a rich, warm mahogany, the two colours where they meet 

 being distinctly defined not running into each other. Occasionally, 

 but very rarely, a blue-and-tan puppy will be found in a litter. 

 These are, of course, useless for show purposes, but should not be 

 too readily discarded by the breeder, as they evidently come from 

 an old strain of Terrier, and will be frequently found to be excep- 

 tionally good in markings and all other points, except being blue 

 instead of black, and the puppies bred from them are, as a rule, of 

 the orthodox colour. On the head, the tan runs along each jaw, 

 running down almost to the throat ; a small bright spot of tan appears 

 on the cheek, and another above the eye, each clearly surrounded 



