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OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS 



Bull Terrier 



The bull terrier and the Seoteh terrier. The 

 great family of terriers counts many other 

 breeds besides those we have ah'ead\ 

 named. We now come to th 

 bull terriers, the Scotch, 

 Skye, and Dandie Din 

 mont terriers. The 

 bull terrier, as his 

 name indicates, 

 comes from the 

 crossing of bull- 

 dogs with terriers. 

 A strong and agile 

 race was desired, 

 and agile the bull- 

 dog was not. 



In 1 85 2 a breed 

 of English terriers 

 of unusual height 

 seems to have at- 

 tracted the atten- 

 tion of all breeders 

 on the continent of 

 Europe ; and when 

 combats between 

 bulldogs and other 

 animals w ere 

 gradually forbid- 

 den, an effort was 

 made to turn the 

 race into a safe 

 domestic dog. 

 Bench shows 



Her F.worite \v.\s .\ Scotch Terrier 



Photo J. T- Newman, Berkliampstead 



assisted the purpose, and now this lithe 

 and slim white dog, called a bull terrier, 

 with his strong constitution, is an orna- 

 ment to the tribe. His native strength is 

 still shown by his solid shoulders, his power- 

 ful hind quarters, his supple body, and his 

 muscular paws. No other trace of the bull- 

 dog is in him, unless it may be a species 

 of enlargement around the eyes and jaws, 

 which is only shown in a few individuals 

 about their third year. This race is a proof 

 of the excellence of English breeders, for 

 while it gains from the terrier more intelli- 

 gence than from the bulldog, it has kept all 

 the strength of the latter. 

 Very different is the Scotch terrier. Small 

 ody, clever and shrewd, with his rough 

 ray or black hair and his long body, 

 he is not at all vulgar in air or 

 manner. The late Queen 

 Victoria had a Scotch 

 terrier named Caer- 

 nach, who accom- 

 panied her on all her 

 journeys. Giving 

 orders that the ship 

 of war Ligli tiling 

 should escort the 

 royal yacht, the 

 Queen wrote," The 

 L igh t n i ng will 

 carry the eighth 

 battalion and our 

 footman, Ben da, 

 with our terrier 

 Caernach." 



The Skye terrier 

 is also a Scotch 

 race, and, like all 

 animals living in 

 northern climates, 

 he is provided with 

 a heavy coat. His 

 body is long and 

 his legs short, so 

 that his hair, which 

 hangs straight 

 down on both sides, 



