THE GRIFFON BRUXELLOIS 611 



disclosed in the Law Courts a few years since. The Griffon 

 Bruxellois is a vivacious, hardy, active animal, and an excellent 

 breed for those in search of a small dog, and who do not like the 

 trouble inseparable from such purely pet-dogs as Maltese, Yorkshire, 

 and Black-and-Tan Terriers (Miniature). On the Continent the 

 variety is mutilated at both ends the ears being cut to a point and 

 the tail docked. The latter obtains here ; but the cropping is dis- 

 pensed with, and the 

 ear is a semi-erect one. 

 As suggested above, 

 there are short-coated 

 and long silky-coated 

 specimens from the 

 same litter, and not 

 a little colour-variation 

 is exhibited. The for- 

 mer are kept, if other- 

 wise typical, for coat- 

 improvers, ^jj 



Amongst those 

 who have gained fame 

 as breeders and ex- 

 hibitors may be men- 

 tioned Mrs. Handley 

 Spicer (two of whose 

 dogs are illustrated at jjR- 



Fig. 127), Mrs. Mose- 

 ley, Mrs. H. Levy, the 

 Hon. Mrs. Maclaren 

 Morrison, Mrs. B. 

 Gill, Mrs. Cochran, 

 Mrs. Wimbush, Mrs. 

 E. Baxter Mrs. C. FlG ' 12 7- MRS. HANDLEY SPICER'S GRIFFON 

 .i, , T ' ,, 7 ,' , BRUXELLOIS CHAMPION TOP-O'-THE-TREE AND 



Allen, Mrs. Whaley, COPTHORNE PASHA. 



Mrs. E, Scott, and 



Miss E. Lewis, Miss G. Heworth, Miss Adela Gordon, and Miss 

 Fielding. 



The following description of the Griffon Bruxellois is that of the 

 Griffon Bruxellois Club : 



General Appearance. A lady's pet-dog, intelligent, sprightly, robust, of 

 compact appearance, reminding one of a cob, and captivating the attention by a 

 quasi-human expression. 



Head. Large and rounded, covered with rather coarse hair, rough, somewhat 

 longer round the eyes, nose, and cheeks. 



Ears. Semi-erect when not clipped, erect when clipped. 



Eyes. Very large, black, or nearly black, eyelashes long and black, eyelids 





