Modern Dogs. 



London dealers, Bradford is their home. Here it is 

 not difficult to obtain a suitable dog at a fair price, 

 and it is said that upon one occasion, when the late 

 Mr. E. Sandell required three or four for a certain 

 purpose, and was unable to obtain them in London, he 

 took a journey to Bradford or Halifax, I quite forget 

 which. He issued a short notice that he would 

 give a prize of a sovereign or two for the best York- 

 shire terrier to be exhibited without entry at a certain 

 public-house on a certain evening. In due course a 

 rare good collection was brought together, from 

 which the enterprising promoter speedily selected 

 and purchased what he required, he at the same 

 time suiting himself, pleasing the dog fanciers, and, 

 as it was said at the time, " doing a good turn for 

 the publican." 



It has been said that the Yorkshire terrier is any- 

 thing but a hardy dog, and usually dies at an early 

 age. A correspondent wrote some time ago that 

 his " Yorkshires " were carefully attended to in every 

 way, regularly washed and groomed, and most 

 judiciously fed. Still, with all the care bestowed 

 upon them, he could not keep them alive more than 

 from two to three years at most. This was no doubt 

 an unusual experience, for although by being inbred 

 to a very great extent, and by the sedentary life they 

 lead, they cannot be called hardy, still, they, as 



