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their under lip. A fawn bitch mated with Nap 

 invariably threw half the litter wholly black, the 

 others very clear coated never fawns with dense 

 markings. I found the breeding difficult, so about 

 eighteen months ago I made up my mind to breed 

 out for fresh blood, and accordingly purchased a 

 first-class fawn bitch, combining the blood of Loris, 

 Stately, and Diamond, and mated her with Nap II. 

 At the same time I sent out a black daughter of 

 Nap's to the fawn dog Confidence. 



11 From these alliances have been produced 

 puppies either entirely black or entirely silver fawn, 

 and not so mixed in coat as the show dogs of two 

 fawn ancestors. Never yet has there appeared 

 anything curious in the breeding, the sole reason for 

 introducing the fresh blood being to make the 

 blacks more like the fawns in quality, in shortness of 

 face, better in body and lower in the leg. The issue 

 from the Nap II., Loris, and Confidence alliances 

 or blend, retains the colour, but have better coats, 

 thicker in texture than that of the old blacks, and 

 more inclined to rufHe, while the domed head is 

 disappearing and giving place to wrinkle ; sturdy 

 limbs are supplanting the long taper legs of the 

 original blacks, and the nose, instead of having a 

 downward tendency, is becoming more snub. 



" From the two cross alliances six puppies came, 



