powerful jaws. In the house he is a terror to tramps and all un- 

 authorised intruders, his sharp ears at once detecting the advent of 

 strange steps. 



Your supercilious show man, who looks more upon the points 

 of a dog than his inward qualities, may tell you that he lacks the 

 quality of head seen in the fox terrier, and that his front is not 

 always as true as could be wished. This may be perfectly correct, 

 but on the other side one might point to his beautifully balanced 

 proportions, and his naturally hard coat which demands little 

 attention before he is fit to go into the ring. These, at any rate, 

 are compensating advantages which should not be overlooked in 

 striking a balance of his merits and defects. Greater length and 

 fineness of head will come in time, and it is not usual to meet so 

 many with bad front legs as we did a few years ago. There is no 

 doubt that the breed is improving, and getting more widely dis- 

 tributed. For a town dog the black and tan jacket has much to 

 commend it, soiling less readily than that of a fox terrier. Indeed, 

 one could not ask for a dog that causes less trouble, and this surely 

 is a consideration in the eyes of busy men and women. 



Time was when men were found to declare that the Welsh 

 terrier was nothing more or less than the old-fashioned black and 

 tan wire haired terrier once common in England, but they have re- 

 tired worsted from the fray, and Welshmen are left in possession of 



