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character, and are not more than i61b. weight each. 

 The white dogs in Mr. Wardle's drawing are two of 

 Mr. Cowley's noted terriers. I may say he keeps a 

 Stud Book of his own, and mates all his bitches 

 carefully. However, I will, in his own words, give a 

 few particulars of Mr. Cowley's favourably known 

 strain of terrier. 



He says, " This strain has practically the same 

 blood in them as several show dogs on the benches. 

 But ever since I kept a terrier I have always gone 

 in for a short-legged one, as I think such are more 

 suited for all the work a terrier ought to be called 

 upon to do, and particularly underground, where 

 long legs are practically useless, and often in the 

 way. Therefore I always breed with this point in 

 view, selecting the shortest legged ones out of each 

 litter to work and breed from if they enter all right ; 

 using now and again a ( show dog ' as cross out if 

 he is a worker, and has other points I want to get. 

 Those puppies that take after the bitch I keep in 

 preference to those taking after the sire in length 

 of leg. I have also gone to the Sealy Ham strain. 

 The points I try to breed for are especially long, 

 powerful heads, small drop ears, weather-resisting 

 jackets ; if a little long in the back none the worse 

 for work underground, where they can turn and twist 

 about better than a very short coupled dog. Nearly 



