sinister. We should rather prefer to consider it as a reversion to 

 the natural marking. 



In any case, we see no reason for questioning the purity of 

 the Welsh terrier's lineage. Centuries ago, perhaps, he may have 

 come from the general stock, but he has been a separate entity 

 sufficiently long to win him a place as a product of the Principality. 

 As was to be expected, before dog shows came into vogue, and with 

 them the necessity of a general standard for every variety, a good 

 many different types were observable. So they were in every other 

 breed. This is inevitable until a family likeness has become fixed 

 by united effort on the part of owners. Even this generic 

 likeness admits of variations, for it is an easy thing to recognise the 

 dogs coming from certain kennels, the skill of an individual stamping 

 minor characteristics which others fail to catch and perpetuate, 

 though working upon the same material. 



