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to be a Welsh terrier, which proved to be a moderate 

 specimen of the ordinary white and tan marked wire- 

 hair of the present day. The standard adopted by 

 the judges at all recent shows appears now to be 

 generally uniform. The dog of which we write must, 

 according to them, be not more than about i81b. 

 weight, black and tan in colour, quite free from white, 

 though white on the breast or feet does not amount 

 to absolute disqualification ; coat hard, close, and 

 water and weather resisting ; head, jaw, ears, build, 

 and general appearance identical with the modern 

 fox terrier ; but the crisper coat and darker colour 

 give the Welsh terrier a more dare-devil and deter- 

 mined appearance than the fashionable beauties of 

 the present time, such as are shown by Mr. R. J. 

 Vicary and others. 



Now I have known dogs of the above description 

 since my boyhood in the north of England ; speci- 

 mens as good as anything seen nowadays I came 

 across long before ever the Welsh terrier was even 

 thought of as it is now, and some of the leading 

 winners to-day, especially in the dog classes, are 

 probably descended from the same strain, for they 

 have come from the north of England. Most of 

 those of Welsh origin that appeared at the earlier 

 shows were lighter and weaker in jaw than the 

 English variety, finer or lighter in bone, and with 



