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tendency to do, he must submit to unlimited 

 brushing ; if he scratches himself and what 

 dog does not ? he is clad in mittens so that 

 he cannot relieve his torture. 



In color the typical Yorkshire should, first, 

 have a muzzle of a deep shade of tan, with- 

 out taint of gray or brown, and, secondly, a 

 straight-haired coat of blue, also without adul- 

 teration. His legs should be tan, and his toe- 

 nails black. His eyes must be dark and well 

 set in his head ; and beware lest he tips the 

 scales at more than a dozen pounds. When 

 the ordeal of his morning toilet is over, and 

 the Yorkshire is well brushed and combed 

 and put in order, he is eminently fitted to 

 spend his day or what is left of it sleeping 

 on a satin cushion in an upholstered dog- 

 basket. 



But the Yorkshire does not take the palm 

 either for beauty or for care required to keep 

 him in order. That belongs to the snowy bit 

 of caninity named the Maltese. This creature 

 is truly a martyr to beauty, a " chien du luxe " 

 one writer calls him. His coat is very long 

 and light, and silvery white in color. He can 

 hardly move without tangling it, and a tangle 



