THE DOG 



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old race of bulldogs found in England, and 

 which also existed in Germany in times gone 



often touches the ground. This hair, which is 

 rough and bristling, is sometimes five and one- 

 half inches long. The hair of the head is shorter by. They were used as butchers' dogs, to 

 and softer than that of the body. There are guard and drive cattle, and also as watchdogs. 

 Skyes with erect ears and Skyes with pendent The old engravings of Ridinger give a good 



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ears. Their color varies from a dark blue gray 

 to a tawny gray with black points. 



The Dandie Dinmont terrier completes the 

 Scotch trio. His name is well known to those 

 who are familiar with the novels of Walter 

 Scott. If any one, by chance, has forgotten 

 him, he may open Giij JSIanncring and turn 

 to the energetic character of farmer Dinmont. 

 It is said that Scott reproduced in him a cer- 

 tain Da\idson of Hindlee, who had some little 

 pepper-and-salt dogs, two of which, named Pep- 

 per and Mustard, were the progenitors of the 

 Dandie Dinmont breed. The present weight 

 of these terriers should be about si.xteen or 

 eighteen pounds. The long hair of the animal 

 ought to have certain characteristics ; there 

 should be a mi.xture of soft hair and stiff hair, 

 but neither should be wiry nor silky. It is not 

 cjuite so long as in other Scotch terriers and 

 is rather shiny on the head. They are lithe 

 clogs, solidly built, low on the front legs, the 

 tail rather thick, being wide at the roots and 

 tapering to a point. 



The boxers. We can study boxers in the 

 Old World without having anything to do with 

 the Chinese. By boxers is meant a collection 

 of dogs which differ very much in form and 

 color, but yet are very closely related to an 



idea of them. Here and there in the north 

 of Germany and also in Wiirttemberg there 

 still exist traces of this original species, which 

 is far from handsome. Lately much serious 

 attention has been given to this race of dogs, 

 and the result is the boxer, called also the 

 Boston terrier, although he is not related to 

 our own American breed of the same name. 



Skye Terrier with Long Ears 



Photo J. T. Newman. Berkliampstead 



The exhibition of types of boxers obtained by 

 careful breeding has caused much improve- 

 ment in the unity of the race. Very fine speci- 

 mens were seen in the bench shows of last 



