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was horn ill .Inly, lsi)7, and died in 11)02. Bred by Mr. R. Allison, 

 lie was the winner of a twenty-five guinea cliallcnge-cup, two silver 

 shields, and other prizes. The skin and skeleton were presented l)y 

 Mr. 11. W. Snary in 1902. Two sknlls of the St. Bernard Dog are 

 also shown, one of them having been purehased in 1845, while the 

 other was presented l)y the Hon. Walter Rothschild in 1902. The 

 true Tibet Dog (fig. 22) is represented by a skull presented by Mr. 

 B. H. Hodgson in 1848. There is also the skeleton of a Dog from 

 Tibet presented by the Zoological Society in 1907, but this is not 

 apparently a specimen of the typical breed. 



P ,. _, . The white colour now characteristic of this breed 



' is a modern feature, the older strains being brindled, 

 white-and-fawn, or even black-and-tan. Bred for fighting or for 

 rat-killing, the original Bull-Terrier appears to have been a cross 

 between any ordinary Terrier and the Bull-dog, with, in some 

 i nstances, a slight admixture of Mastiff blood. The Dogs which fought 

 with lions in Wombwell's Menagerie at Warwick in the year 1825 

 were large Bull-Terriers, and not, as generally stated. Mastiffs ; as 

 were also the Dogs commonly employed in fighting in this country. 

 The old-fashioned Bull-Terrier not only differed in colour from the 

 modern breed but he was also a heavier and more poAverf ul Dog. The 

 pugnacious disposition is, however, retained by his modern white and 

 lighter representative. The breed is represented in the collection by 

 the head of a male, who was born in April, 1902, and died in November, 

 1905. This specimen was presented by Mr. Rowland Ward in 1906. 



_ . In this group two specimens of the Black-and-Tan Toy 



breed, respectively known as ' Jem ' and ' Gipsy,' are 

 of interest on account of their early date. They both died in 1853, 

 and were presented by Mr. J. Shakespeare in 1908. There is also 

 the skeleton of a male Toy-Terrier of the same breed presented by 

 the Countess of Cottenham in 1888. 



With regard to the nature of the black-and-tan colouring met 

 with in various breeds of Dogs, such as Terriers, King Charles 

 Spaniels, and Setters, it has been pointed out that in all cases where 

 this type obtains the black is restricted to the upper-parts and the 

 outer sides of the limbs, while the tan occupies the under-parts, 

 the inner sides of the limbs, and certain patches and spots on the face. 

 The tan thus corresponds to the light areas, and the black to the 

 dark ones in Dogs of other breeds. The explanation is therefore 

 obvious, namely, that black-and-tan is tlie half-way stage to complete 

 blackness or melanism. 



