The Welsh Terrier. 233 



haired black and tan terriers " was given, a title 

 which, though rather long, was the correct one to 

 adopt as likely to suit both parties concerned, 'for 

 already there had been a division in the camp ; the 

 north of England fanciers of the variety wished their 

 rights acknowledged, and the Welshmen did likewise. 

 The former attempted to establish a club to promote 

 the old English hard-haired black and tan terrier, 

 and failed so to do ; the latter proved successful in 

 forming a similar coterie to look after the interests 

 of the Welsh terrier, and to see that its merits were 

 appreciated by dog show committees and the public 

 at large. So successful did the latter body prove, 

 that, not contented with obtaining all they required 

 for their own favourite, they contrived to persuade 

 the Kennel Club to abolish the name of old English 

 terrier altogether ; and, be the animal of Northumber- 

 land, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Devon, 

 or Yorkshire extraction, his nativity has no locus 

 standi, and Welsh he must be to the end of his 

 days. It was in 1888 that the Welsh terrier, as 

 such, first appeared in the Stud Book. Such is a 

 brief history of the popular progress of this dog. 



Not very long ago I was in conversation with 

 a native of the Principality, where his ancestors 

 had lived for generations on their own estate a 

 sporting one, occupied by a sporting family. 



