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looking terrier-like dog, illustrated in " Dogs of the 

 British Isles/' but he had much more tan about 

 him than would be deemed a recommendation 

 to-day, nor were his " thumb marks " a black splash 

 on the tan ground of the foot about the size of the 

 end of the thumb and " pencillings " sufficiently 

 distinct, still he was a nice terrier. Then as now 

 the " black and tan " was mostly to be found in the 

 Metropolis and in the large centres of the Midlands 

 and Lancashire. Mr. J. Wade, of Clerkenwell, 

 about the sixties had a lot of smart terriers, so 

 had Mr. Fred White, of Clapham, and Mr. W. 

 Macdonald, who at the same time had more than 

 a passing fancy for Maltese spaniels and Italian 

 greyhounds, and liked a " trotting horse " too. In 

 Birmingham, Mr. James Hinks had them ; Mr. Littler 

 kept some good ones, and so did Mr. Jackson, at 

 Wednesbury. 



About this period there were two or three keen 

 admirers of " fancy dogs" in Manchester and the 

 neighbourhood, who devoted much time and trouble 

 to perfect the black and tan terrier, and, however 

 good were the specimens produced by the south 

 country fancier, the northern ones were better. 

 Indeed, this terrier became so connected with 

 Manchester, as to come to bear its name, and the 

 Kennel Club acknowledged it as the " Manchester" 



