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b_y his prominent eyebrows of rough hair. 

 His ears are set high on the head, and are 

 always cropped with rounded tips. Tlie 

 tail is docked very short, sometimes to a 

 mere knob. The coat is hard, rough, and 



GRIZZLE 



LYRA. 



WIRE-HAIRED PINSCHER 



wiry, standing out from the body. On the 

 head it is shorter, and there is a decided 

 short beard and whisker. The colour may 

 be pepper and salt, iron grey, silver 

 grey or dull charcoal black, sometimes 

 with an admixture of tan or rusty 

 markings on the head and legs. A 

 bright red colour is incorrect. His 

 height is from 12 inches to 18 inches, 

 and his weight from 18 to 28 lb. 

 Herr Max Hartenstein, of Berlin, is 

 perhaps the best known among the 

 many prominent owners and breeders 

 of the Rattler. His Gick and Handle 

 are good examples of the grey \-ariety, 

 but his best at the present moment 

 are the blacks ; Sambo-Plavia, Kunz- 

 Plavia, Eva-Plavia, and Dohle-Pla\'ia, 

 being eminent prize winners at the 

 Continental shows. Another well- 

 known owner is Mrs. Prosper Sassen, of 

 Antwerp, whose Ch. Russ II. Pfeff holds 

 an unbeaten record on the Continent. 



There is a smooth-coated variety of the 

 German Pinscher, and mention may also 

 be made of the Affenpinscher, or Monkey 

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Terrier, a small, wire-haired lady's dog, 

 somewhat resembling the Brussels Griffon. 

 These Monkey Terriers are becoming some- 

 what fashionable outside of Germany, and 

 occasionally they have been imported into 

 England. 



The Dutch wire-haired terrier (Hollandsche 

 Smoushond) differs very little from the old- 

 fashioned British rough-coated terrier type. 

 It is also a stable-yard dog ; a man's rather 

 than a lady's pet. In height he averages 

 15 inches at the shoulder, and in weight 

 22 lb. The coat is hard, wiry, and rough, 

 never curly, wavy, or woolly, and the colour 

 is red, yellow-brown, dirty yellow, and 

 their different shades. The moustaches, 

 beard, and eyelashes are often black. The 

 ears are cropped to rounded points, and the 

 gaily carried tail is docked to a third of its 

 natural length. Some of the most typical 

 are kept by Mr. J. Westerwondt, of Baarn. 

 We seldom see them on this side of the 

 North Sea. There are many other kinds 

 of terriers in Holland, but most of them 

 seem to be related either to the German 

 Pinscher or the English breeds. 



Tlie Boxer is another dog widely distri- 

 buted throughout Germany and Holland. 



BLACK PINSCHERS KUNZPLAVIA 



AND HIS DAM LIES PLAVIA. 



BRED BY HERR MAX HARTENSTEIN, BERLIN. 



Next to the Dachshund, indeed, he is the 

 most popular dog in Germany, and his 

 popularity is rapidly increasing. He is 

 a " terrier " of Bulldog character, with a 

 clean-cut head, wrinkled between the high- 

 set, cropped ears, with a muzzle broad and 



