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one time cream-coloured dogs commanded the highest 

 price, then white with black nose. At one time black 

 muzzles were in vogue, and we believe they are preferred 

 at the present time, and party-coloured dogs are not 

 thought much of. When these dogs are self-coloured, 

 they should be free from any white, and this may be pre- 

 dicated of every description of dog or hound. Fawn 

 dogs should have black toe-nails. All of the breed should 

 have very glossy coats and a compact form. The tail 

 should be very fine, and though coated, and not bare or 

 showing the caudal vertebrae, it should be void of all 

 roughness. 



The weight must not exceed 8 lbs. or 9 lbs., and the dog 

 is valuable in proportion as he weigns less than this. 

 Specimens have been bred, which, at maturity, did not 

 reach 5 lbs., but they were very delicate and shy. Some 

 of the best shaped and most perfect greyhounds of this 

 description have reached from 14 lbs. to 18 lbs., and at 

 this weight they are certainly more robust than the more 

 valuable dwarfs, occasionally becoming fat and losing the 

 beautiful lines of their kind. The bitches are much less 

 than the dogs. 



Some very charming specimens have been shown in 

 London. We have a lively recollection of Mrs. Burke's 

 Silver, Dr. Palmer's Garibaldi, and Mr. Hugh Hanly's 

 Psyche. Some very good ones have also appeared at ali 

 our metropolitan exhibitions. But at the present moment 

 it would be exceedingly difficult to obtain a first-class 

 specimen, and I have no hesitation in saying it is the 

 rarest dog of the day. 



It has been crossed in Staffordshire with the small bull 

 terrier with advantage, and the produce displayed no 

 delicacy and lost none of its courage. I have seen many 

 of these in "the black country." They were slate-coloured 

 or blue-tanned, and very like the blue terrier known in 

 London as the " Blue Peter," which I suspect is bred in a 

 similar manner. 



Although the pure Italian greyhound is generally deli- 

 cate and nervous, it now and then displays wonderful 

 affection and fidelity, and we remember hearing that a 



