216 Modern Dogs. 



was described in the catalogue as ' well known to 

 be of the purest and gamest breed in Ireland.' 

 Mr. Cotton, of Blessington, also possesses terriers 

 descended from stock for many years in his posses- 

 sion, and owned by him before classes were given 

 at shows for them. His Cruisk (who won prizes in 

 Dublin and elsewhere) is, however, as unlike the 

 earlier sort as possible, as he is a neat terrier- 

 like dog, with beautifully carried ears, and a 

 hard, crisp coat a charming dog brimful of 

 character. 



" I have seen and owned puppies by the celebrated 

 Killiney Boy, and by dogs tracing from him, with 

 short coats and black hairs. The old dog was open 

 in coat, with a grand terrier head, straight in hocks, 

 but a game little tyke, and died fighting being 

 killed in a kennel row. He had grown quite white 

 in face and chest when last I saw him ; and many 

 of his strain, earlier in life than is the case with 

 most other dogs (like the Palmerston strain of Irish 

 setters), grow grizzled about the head. 



" A glance at the pedigree of almost any of the 

 noted winners of the day will serve to show how much 

 Killiney Boy did to bring the breed to its present 

 form, as few pedigrees are without his name, and 

 many of them on both sire and dam side trace back to 

 him. Curiously enough, the short-haired mahogany- 



