276 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



Toy Bull Terriers — The Toy Bull Terriers which 

 have been a good deal encouraged of late years, should 

 be counterparts of the larger breed, but too many of 

 them fail in head properties, and are both too short in 

 face and too round in skull, very often, they have a 

 small patch of brindle or other colour on some part of 

 their head or body, although they are preferred pure 

 white, if possible. For many years I kept some of these, 

 and bred them as small as two and a half pounds, but 

 even at that weight their courage did not seem less, and 

 the smallest I ever had was killed by her reckless attack 

 on an antagonist far beyond her powers. I have 

 known several others without the slightest considera- 

 tion of their size and weight, rush upon foes that could 

 actually have swallowed them, without the least hesi- 

 tation, or any show of fear. 



Italian Greyhounds — Another very graceful and ele- 

 gant breed is the Italian Greyhound, which some years 

 ago was much more kept as a pet than of late ; it is more 

 slightly built and shorter in head than the Whippet, 

 and the colours most often seen are golden fawns and 

 creams, but I have had some before me, and well 

 shaped ones too, red, red and white, and blue fawn, the 

 last named being the best of the " off colours." The 

 coat should be very fine, soft and glossy, the best size is 

 not exceeding eight or eight and a half pounds, in 

 weight. They are exceedingly graceful, elegant little 

 creatures, but rightly or wrongly (as this is one of the 

 few breeds of dogs, I have not bred or kept,) give me 

 the impression of being delicate and requiring care and 



