The Terriers 



or we should have more champions about, 

 considering the thousands that come into the 

 world each year. The short-legged, cobby 

 dog, so familiar to many of us in our boyhood, 

 the type beloved by Parson Jack Russell, has 

 passed away, and has been succeeded by a 

 terrier that shows considerably more day- 

 light underneath, and is longer and slacker 

 in his couplings. His chest, too, is narrower, 

 and he is several pounds heavier. It is very 

 doubtful if he can live as well with hounds 

 or go to earth as easily as his predecessor 

 of twenty or thirty years ago. I have no 

 doubt he is more plumb true in front, while 

 his head is a distinct improvement so far as 

 looks are concerned, but that scarcely makes 

 up for his diminution in utility. A terrier 

 of some description has been known for 

 centuries as being employed in bolting foxes 

 or badgers, but he was probably of a nonde- 

 script description. Beckford recommends a 

 good terrier to his imaginary correspondent, 



pleading a preference for a black or white. 



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