HAIRLESS DOGS. 



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light slate blue with pure silver crest. In 

 some instances the crest is stiff and upright, 

 in others it falls softly over the back of the 

 head. 



In character the hairless dogs are dissimilar. 

 Some are mere soft, sleepy, and not very 

 interesting curiosities, but others are par- 

 ticularly vivacious and game. Mr. Brooke's 

 Hairy King and Paderewski were exceedingly 

 intelligent, and were apt in hunting rabbit 

 or rat. Miss Pinto's black Cheno was 

 especially tested by Lord Avebury, and 

 found to be of singularly alert mentality, 

 showing considerable acquaintance with the 

 principles of arithmetical calculation. Both 

 of Miss Pinto's hairless dogs, Cheno and 

 Juanita, were believed to be Mexican, as 

 were Mr. Brooke's Hairy King, Oh Susannah ! 

 and Paderewski Junior, and Mr. Temple's 

 Alice. Mr. J. Whitbread's Twala was 

 African, and so was Zulu Chief, owned by 

 Mr. S. Woodiwiss. Mrs. Foster's Fatima 

 and Coffee were South American. In the 



pied specimens the colour changes curiously 

 with age. In youth the dog may be 

 entirely pink with a few black spots, which 

 increase in size, and mingle together until 

 the whole of the back is black. Some of the 

 hairless dogs never bark, others are as 

 noisy as terriers. 



The breeding of these dogs, except with 

 their own kind, is attended with curious 

 results. A Fox-terrier bitch was once put 

 to Hairy King, as it was desired to use her 

 as a foster mother for Bull puppies. Several 

 of the litter were Fox - terriers and fair 

 specimens, but two were weird looking 

 creatures. They had Fox - terrier heads, 

 and they were hairless, the skin being 

 mottled along the body to the hips, where, 

 on each side, was a tuft of terrier hair about 

 the size of a crown piece. The tail was 

 bare from the root to the middle, the end 

 being that of a Fox-terrier. Whilst the legs 

 were bare down to the knee joint, the feet 

 were like a terrier's. 



ZULU SAND DOG 

 Photograph by C. Reui, Wishaw. 



