The Black and Tan Terrier. 7 1 



many cases broken by the cropping process in his 

 youth, and he is never so game and smart a dog as 

 he would otherwise be. At least, this is my experience 

 of black and tan terriers ; and others who have 

 kept them as house dogs bear a similar opinion to 

 that expressed here. He is now a purely fancy 

 dog, i.e., he is not used as an assistant to the game- 

 keeper or to destroy vermin, foxes and such-like 

 creatures. He may kill rats and rabbits, indeed he 

 can be trained until he is quite an adept at the first- 

 named rude branch of sport, but his tender ears are 

 against his going to ground and hunting in the 

 coverts and coppices, as he would do in his natural 

 condition. 



It is much to be regretted that the endeavours to 

 put a stop to ''cropping" have not been more 

 successful. So far back as 1879, at the instigation 

 of Mr. James Taylor, of Rochdale, the Birmingham 

 committee, or one of its members, gave special 

 prizes for " black and tans " with uncut ears, and 

 these prizes were continued for three years, but 

 received little or no encouragement from exhibitors. 

 Then the old Black and Tan Terrier Club, established 

 in 1884, followed on the same line, and offered prizes 

 at many exhibitions up and down the country, but 

 with no better result. They received no encourage- 

 ment in their good work from the Kennel Club. 



