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freedom from stop, which is one of the characteristics 

 of the present dog, was highly thought of in the 

 dogs bred in former days, and as the ears were 

 almost invariably cropped it mattered little how they 

 came, but if uncut were usually heavy and carried 

 low on the head. 



" A glance at the earlier show catalogues con- 

 firms what I have written above as to the doubtful 

 breeding of the earlier terriers. 



" Take the Exhibition Palace Show at Dublin in 

 1874. Here classes were divided as ' dogs and 

 bitches exceeding 9lb., and dogs and bitches under 

 that weight ; ' in the former class ten competed, 

 and half that number had no pedigree assigned 

 to them ; in the latter class only three competed, 

 one of these, the second prize winner, having no 

 pedigree. The following year three classes were 

 provided, including a champion class ( for winners 

 of a first prize at any show.' Dogs over g\b. and 

 bitches over g\b. Four champions (save the mark) 

 competed ; two had pedigrees and the other two 

 had none. In dogs over gib. six competed, two 

 only having pedigrees. Four bitches over g\b. 

 were entered, half that number having pedigrees 

 and half not. 



"At the Dublin show in 1878 there were even 

 fewer competitors, a dog and bitch class being 



