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anxiety the keeping in show form this terrier causes. 

 Dr. Lees Bell, the gentleman in question, writing to 

 one of the papers which gives a considerable amount 

 of space to kennel subjects, says : 



" All breeders have, I daresay, experienced the 

 same difficulty of breeding pure white puppies with 

 level heads and fine skulls together with proper 

 English terrier lines of body. The puppies are 

 either foul-marked, or have domed skulls and 

 whippet bodies, or they have level heads, with the 

 thick skull and wide chest and general stoutness of 

 body of the bull terrier. But apart from those 

 difficulties which it is the art of breeding and selec- 

 tion to overcome, the great amount of trouble 

 requisite to keep white English in form and to 

 prepare them for exhibition naturally exercises an 

 influence inimical to the popularity of the breed. 

 The cropping of the ears, the trimming of the tail, 

 shaving the ears, the washing and general anxiety 

 to keep the dog spotless till after the show, all 

 combine to make the hobby too tiresome to allow 

 the breed to be popular with those at any rate who 

 have little leisure for the indulgence of their pet 

 hobby. The appearance of red wounds, too, on the 

 white ground is also a great drawback. For all 

 these reasons I doubt it is too much to expect that 

 the breed can ever become popular, especially when 



