CHAPTER IV. 

 THE BLACK AND TAN TERRIER. 



I IMAGINE that were one of our great-grandfathers 

 to be shown a specimen of the modern black and 

 tan terrier he would be unable to recognise it as 

 the same variety of dog that, when he was a boy, 

 ran about the stable yards, destroyed vermin, and 

 was made into a household pet. The original 

 fox terrier was a black and tan terrier, at any rate 

 many terriers used for the purpose of driving foxes 

 from their holes were black and tan in colour, and 

 from them must have sprung the " black and tan " 

 as he is seen to-day, crossed probably with some 

 lighter built dog, maybe with a small greyhound. 



With his rich red-tan markings, his deep black 

 colour, pencilled toes, and thumb marks on the feet, 

 elegant shape, sprightly appearance, and general 

 gameness, he is no doubt a dog that might have had 

 a popular future in store. But the fates decreed 

 otherwise, and fashion suggested that he would look 

 better with a portion of his ears cut off, and man 



