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fancy purposes to make them resemble something 

 Nature never made, we cannot tell. Some of the 

 corded poodles are not subjected to this tonsorial 

 process, or they would be shorn of a great portion 

 of their excellence. The length of these cords is, 

 perhaps, the chief object to be aimed at in the 

 production of this variety, and the length such 

 cords have been known to attain is, without 

 exaggeration, phenomenal. The most extraordinary 

 creature in this respect I ever saw was a com- 

 paratively small-sized poodle named Fairy Queen, 

 shown by Mrs. Troughear, of Leeds, and for many 

 years it stood almost alone in the variety classes. 

 This was a white dog, and its cords were of such 

 unusual length that they were many inches longer 

 than the height of the animal. When lying at 

 rest, a very close examination had to be made to 

 discern which was the head and which the stern of 

 the curious creature. 



Another extraordinary corded poodle was the 

 imported dog, Lyris, successfully shown for many 

 years by Mr. C. Kemp, of Brook Green. This was 

 a large dog, standing 21-^ inches high at the 

 shoulder, his head was g\ inches in length, his 

 ears measured 37 inches from tip to tip, including 

 the cords on them, and on each side of his body 

 the cords hung down to the length of 23 inches. 



