THE DOG 



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yellow, or tawny red, but 

 never all black. Each color 

 should be clearly defined 

 and distinct. 



T/ie black and tan tcrrici' 

 and his zvJiite colleague. This 

 race brings us back to the 

 land of the terrier. They 

 are small, refined, black and 

 brown animals, which, by 

 their slim bodies, resemble 

 greyhounds and harriers. 

 They have lost their terrier 

 instincts, and their talents 

 are more admired in a 

 drawing-room than out of 

 doors. Careful breeding has transformed 

 this race, which is of very ancient English 

 origin, into a neat and elegant pet dog. 

 They are often called Manchester terriers. 

 The cut of the ears is of great importance 

 in all of these dogs that are exhibited, and 

 they are thus dependent on fashion. The 

 brown or tan color should be visible on the 

 jaws, under the throat, above the eyes, on 

 the cheeks, on the inside of the hind paws, 

 under the tail, and on the front paws up 

 to the first joint. The legs should be 

 black. There is, as we perceive, a whole 

 series of colors, but the dog himself takes 

 his name from his particular colors. The 

 English terrier is all white, and was pro- 

 duced by numberless crossings of the black 

 and tan terriers with small hounds. 



Si'OTTKi) Bllldik; 

 rhotii J. T. Newman, lierkhampstead 



Pointers and setters. 

 These animals by nature and 

 training are sporting dogs. 

 They form part of a group 

 of dogs which, when they 

 perceive their feathered or 

 their furry game, stop short, 

 and by their fi.xed attitude 

 indicate to the sportsman 

 the direction of that game. 

 Probably we must seek the 

 explanation of this act, which 

 astonishes all who behold it, 

 in the innate habit of all 

 dogs which hunt their prey 

 of waiting a brief moment 



English Setters 



Bl.ack and T.\n Terrier 



before leaping forward to seize it. 

 But our present hunting dogs are 

 trained, from father to son, merely to 

 find and indicate the game, never to 

 seize it. The three chief races of set- 

 ters are the Irish, of a beautiful golden 

 brown ; the Gordon setter, black and 

 tan ; and the English breed, which is 

 white, or white and brown, or white 

 and black. These dogs are necessarily- 

 very agile in their movements, which 

 is shown by their sloping shoulders, 

 their long chests, their very muscular 

 and rather long necks, and also by 



