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pinched muzzles, and long, hare-like feet, the latter 

 suggesting that an endeavour had been made to 

 strengthen the strain by inter-breeding with Italian 

 greyhounds. A really good, cobbily-built little black 

 and tan terrier was a pretty creature ; but the 

 " apple-headed," greyhound-shaped animals com- 

 monly seen are not worth keeping. The difficulty 

 of producing the former has no doubt conduced to 

 their downfall, of which there is no doubt whatever, 

 and I fancy it is only a matter of time before the 

 variety actually ceases to exist. 



The delicacy of the toy black and tan terrier 

 makes it particularly liable to attacks of skin 

 disease, pretty nearly all the hair falling away ; and 

 when such is the case it is nothing unusual for the 

 little dog to go through life without any hair at all 

 on his chest, breast, and throat, and no more on 

 the tail than is found on the common rat. Some- 

 times the usual washes or lotions for strengthening 

 the growth of the human hair may be useful in such 

 cases, and I have known the recipe recommended 

 on page 344 (omitting the white precipitate) for the 

 Yorkshire terriers, sparingly applied twice a week, 

 to have a beneficial effect. 



From these black and tan toy terriers blue or 

 blue and tan specimens are often produced, even 

 to such an extent as to be an excuse for the 



