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though they appear to be a trifle heavier and with 

 more coat ; the black and tans, or pepper, on the 

 right and left resemble the good terriers that won on 

 the bench and were bred from Worry and Crab. It 

 is remarkable how most of these Border terriers 

 have kept their good looks whilst they have been 

 bred only for work at least some of them have, and 

 I do not care a jot whether a terrier has a white 

 chest or not so long as he does his duty well. 

 Indeed, a good dog cannot be a bad colour, and I 

 am not certain whether one or two cherry or Dudley 

 nosed terriers I have known have not been amongst 

 the gamest of which I have had experience, and it 

 does not require a man to have a particular eye for 

 beauty to find out how ugly a red nosed dog looks. 



I take it that these Border terriers have been 

 running up and down Northumberland and other of 

 the more northern counties from time immemorial 

 almost. Of later years they have been taken in 

 hand by some of the " hunting men " on the Borders, 

 as more useful for their purpose than any of what 

 may be called, without prejudice, fancy or fashionable 

 varieties. 



Mr. Jacob Robson, who has been connected with 

 the Border Foxhounds all his life, and whose family, 

 I need scarcely say, is one of the very oldest in the 

 county, says : 



