74 Modern Dogs. 



might be better defined when the toes were rather 

 long. 



There is no doubt that when dog shows were 

 first instituted the black and tan terrier was a much 

 commoner animal than he is now ; at any rate, the 

 classes for him were much better filled then than 

 is the case at the present time. For instance, at 

 the Holborn Show in 1862 there were forty-two of 

 the variety benched, divided equally in two classes, 

 one for animals over 5lb. in weight, the other for 

 dogs and bitches under 5lb. At Leeds in the same 

 year the classes were even better filled, the latter 

 having thirty-six entries, the former twenty-seven 

 entries; and at one of the London shows in 1863, 

 that at Ashburnham Hall, there was an actual entry 

 of ninety-five black and tan terriers, divided into 

 three classes for dogs and bitches over ylb., for 

 the same between ylb. and 5lb. weight, and for 

 others under 5lb. One is apt to wonder what 

 a show committee would think were such an 

 entry to be obtained to-day, and certainly as matters 

 are at present, with about a dozen entries in four 

 classes, as may be found at Curzon Hall, the black 

 and tan terrier has not become popularised with 

 the spread of the dog show. 



The most successful dog at these earliest shows 

 was Mr. G. Fitter's (Birmingham) Dandy, a good- 



