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" knows how " and by one who does not " know 

 how," are terribly different in appearance. Indeed, 

 the extraordinary growth of the coat to be found on 

 a perfect specimen is in a certain degree due to 

 artificial aid, for, when comparatively young the 

 skin at the roots of the hair is dressed daily with an 

 ointment or wash which acts in a wonderful manner 

 in stimulating the growth of the hair. 



The puppies when born are quite black, and those 

 darkest in hue usually turn out to be the best in 

 colour when fully coated and matured, which is not 

 until they are about two years old. Not long ago I 

 had a letter from some one who was about bringing 

 an action against a well-known " fancier " because 

 he had sold him a bitch in pup to a pure bred dog, 

 and when the pups were born they were black 

 with faint tan shadings on them. The purchaser 

 destroyed the puppies ; but before bringing the action 

 he intended, and having the vendor before the 

 Kennel Club, he wrote to the Field, when he was 

 told how foolishly he had acted in the transaction. 

 Rather curious are these great changes in the 

 appearance and colour of some puppies, and it is 

 well known that Dalmatians, spotted carriage dogs, 

 are invariably produced from their dam quite free 

 from black or brown markings. 



When the Yorkshire terrier is about three to four 



