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matter of fact, the well-known Lyris, alluded to 

 earlier on, was repeatedly exhibited with success, 

 and he looked well, too, without being washed 

 immediately prior to the exhibition. He might be 

 washed, say, and benched in January, and at another 

 show held six weeks afterwards, he would again 

 appear and look equally well without having had 

 an additional tub in the meantime. 



Whilst the coats, especially of the corded 

 varieties require so much attention as to clipping, 

 it is only natural that equal care is required to 

 keep that part in order which does not come under 

 the operation of the shears and razor. There is 

 the " bedding " to be considered, for it will never 

 do for one of these extraordinarily long- coated 

 dogs to be on a bench covered with straw or 

 shavings. The best bed is to fill a sack with 

 clean straw or dry pitch-pine shavings, and sew 

 up the ends ; then this ought to be properly beaten, 

 shaken, and aired daily, so that no dust remains 

 thereon. The straw or shavings strewn loosely 

 upon the bench in the ordinary fashion are too 

 heating, and, besides, little pieces get into the coat 

 and cause endless trouble to remove. Moreover, 

 dirt of any kind quickly makes the coat matted, the 

 ringlets sticking together near the skin, ultimately 

 causing long tags, which drop off and leave bare 



