CHAPTER XXXVII 



THE SEALYHAM TERRIER 



WHEN I remarked that the Welsh Terrier was prac- 

 tically; the only dog indigenous to the Principality, I 

 had overlooked the newest addition to the Kennel 

 Club Register, the Sealyham Terrier, which' is quite 

 an outgrowth of the last few years, so far as public 

 interest is concerned. As a matter of fact, though, 

 he dates back some seventy years, when the late 

 Captain Edwardes, of Sealyham, Pembrokeshire, first 

 set about manufacturing a dog suitable for. tackling 

 fox or otter, or for going to earth after the badger. 

 These are essentially working terriers, and from the 

 pictures one has seen of them it can scarcely be 

 claimed that they come up to the show standard. 

 They are short -legged, broken-haired dogs, usually 

 all white, or a white body with lemon, brown, or 

 badger -pied markings. The advent of a specialist 

 club has led to breeders paying more attention to 

 such essential points as straight legs and good feet, 

 an ambition which seems very praiseworthy. No dog 

 can be spoilt by breeders endeavouring to achieve 

 these very desirable features. Indeed, we have a 

 right to expect that the working terrier should be 

 perfectly sound in front, and with good feet. It 



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