On Dogs in General 9 



have never caught on like the others I have named. It has always 

 seemed to me they have "fallen between two stools" Airedales, 

 on the one hand, larger and more powerful in build, and Welsh 

 Terriers, on the other, more the size of dark -coloured Wire-haired 

 Fox-terriers and never quite enjoyed the popularity of either, 

 although those who have gone in for the Old English speak highly 

 of them, and declare they have no superiors. 



As regards Sheep-dogs, Rough Collies have been and are still 

 very popular. 



Smooth Collies, with much to recommend them for ability, docility, 

 and activity, have enjoyed a somewhat limited term of favour. But 

 the Old English Short-tailed Sheep-dog has been well taken up by 

 the best classes, and, as one of their oldest and staunchest admirers, 

 I may add they well deserve all the favourable notice and atten- 

 tion they may receive, and the more they are known the more 

 they will be appreciated for their many charming qualities and all- 

 round usefulness, either for their legitimate work, or as guards and 

 companions. 



In the Toy Division, of course, the changes have been many and 

 great. Schipperkes have had, and still have, a certain amount 

 of support. 



Pugs, now subdivided into Fawns and Blacks, have kept up well ; 

 but the latter have so many latent points which are expressed in 

 the former that I do not think they will ever bowl them out, though 

 they may run them closely in popular favour. I am pleased to see 

 the monstrous specimens of years ago are not now in vogue. Toy 

 Spaniels are, I think, not so much bred, or at least not so much 

 shown, as formerly ; but some good ones of each variety are still to 

 be seen at our best shows. 



The entries of Corded Poodles, animals entailing so much dis- 

 comfort to themselves and trouble to their owners, are not increasing 

 in numbers ; but in the Curly variety the colours are being con- 

 siderably extended ; and whereas when I first judged them white 

 was the prevailing colour, you now see black, black-and-white, blue, 

 blue-and- white, grey, fawn, brown, and red coloured specimens, and 

 of all weights, from under 10 Ib. to over 60 lb., at our shows ! 

 Although in the old days, at the largest shows, I have frequently 

 seen not more than half a dozen entries altogether, of late years I 

 have had nearly a hundred, divided by coat, colour, sex, weight, etc. 



Italian Greyhounds, in spite of their beauty and elegance of form, 

 have until quite lately rather declined in popular favour, and 



