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Mrs. Foster showed at Westminster Aquarium in 

 1893. Mite by name and nature, for it weighed 

 only a couple of pounds, was nicely formed, of fair 

 colour, and quite as active, even more so, than 

 some of the bigger creatures often brought into 

 the ring, which they certainly do not grace. 

 Another extraordinary and diminutive Yorkshire 

 terrier is Mrs. Vaughan Fowler's Longbridge Bat r 

 which scales 2flb., and is particularly smart and 

 lively. 



The best of the variety are certainly kept in few 

 hands. Amongst the older breeders were, in 

 addition to the names already mentioned, Mr. John 

 Inman, of Brighouse, Yorkshire ; Mr. J. Spink, 

 Bradford ; Mr. A. Boulton, Accrington ; Miss 

 Alderson, Leeds ; Mr. Cavanagh, Leeds ; Mr. 

 Greenwood, Bradford ; Mrs. Bligh Monck, Coley 

 Park, Reading ; Lady Gifford, Redhill ; and Mr. 

 Wilkinson, Halifax ; whilst the best modern kennels 

 are those of Mrs. Foster, at Bradford ; Mrs. 

 Vaughan Fowler, Longbridge, Warwick; Mr. J. B. 

 Leech, Clifton, Bristol ; Mr. T. D. Hodgson, 

 Halifax ; and Messrs. Walton and Beard, West 

 Brompton. 



The Yorkshire terrier is by no means a common 

 commodity, and although third or fourth rate 

 specimens are sometimes to be obtained from the 



