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more than a tendency to be round or domed on the 

 skull. This was especially to be noticed in Dau Lliw, 

 a smart little bitch, about i5lb. in weight, I should 

 say, who for some time was at the head of her race, 

 but her teeth were not quite level. Mr. C. H. Beck's 

 Fan was another excellent bitch of similar stamp, but 

 scarcely so round between the tops of the ears as 

 the one previously mentioned. Major Savage- more 

 recently showed some first rate terriers that were 

 much of the same style. 



We have thus quite four diverse opinions, let 

 alone two or three more which emanated from 

 the decisions of modern show bench judges who 

 had awarded prizes to narrow-chested, flat-ribbed 

 abortions, soft in coat, and minus all character, 

 animals certainly dear at one-fourth the sum that 

 has been paid as their entry fees. " We must 

 encourage the breed," said one judge, in reply to 

 my strictures for his award of a prize to such a 

 creature. " Right enough," replied I ; il but you 

 encourage no breed when you award a prize to a 

 mongrel like that." Nor did he, although the speci- 

 men in question was shown from the kennels of a 

 well-known member of the Welsh Terrier Club. 



Failing, then, to obtain much uniformity of opinion 

 orally, I had recourse to letter-writing, and from 

 Wales, the northern portion thereof, where these 



