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ever, what we should now call " cross-bred " broken- 

 haired toy terriers. 



Following the Yorkshire, the most popular toy 

 terriers are the black and tans. A good specimen 

 should not exceed from 5lb. to 61b. in weight, and 

 ought to be an exact counterpart in miniature of 

 the black and tan or Manchester terrier described 

 earlier on. Some of the very best toys of this 

 variety have been produced from fully sized parents, 

 but it is well to breed them from a dog as small 

 as possible, and from a bitch 81b., iolb., or i2lb. 

 weight. In such a case there is less risk of the 

 puppies dying, and they are more easily reared 

 when brought up by a big, strong, sound mother. 

 It is seldom we see a really good black and tan 

 toy terrier nowadays. There were one or two at 

 Cruft's show at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in 

 1894, the winners, Mr. Gallaher's Lady Helen 

 Blackwood and Mr. T. Adams's Oxford Beauty, 

 being about equal to anything I have seen of late. 

 Mrs. Foster, of Bradford, has owned a few good 

 specimens, and both the London and Birmingham 

 u fancy " once upon a time prided themselves on 

 these little dogs. However, they were always 

 more or less delicate, and continuous in-breeding 

 caused them to be produced with round skulls 

 "apple-headed" they were called full eyes, narrow, 



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