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although I have had fair entries at some of the larger shows, the 

 exhibitors at each have been mostly the same ; but now they have a 

 Club of their own I hope some good will be done for them. 



Yorkshire Terriers have, in my opinion, increased in numbers and 

 maintained a high standard of quality, though in comparatively few 

 hands. 



The beautiful Maltese Terriers are, I hope, coming forward again. 

 Of course they and the last named, like all long-haired varieties, 

 require much care, attention, and skill to keep them in form ; but 

 they both repay it, and, in point of beauty, can challenge comparison 

 with any kind of dog. Many a time I have seen a Yorkshire Toy 

 Terrier, under 6 Ib. in weight, carry off the prize as best dog in the 

 show, which proves what judges think of a good specimen. 



Every one of my readers who goes to any dog shows at all will 

 not need to be told what a boom there has been of late years amongst 

 Pomeranians. 



The smaller they can be obtained the more they are valued ; 

 accordingly they are being bred of every weight, from a little over 

 2 Ib. to 40 Ib. 



The great difficulty is in bringing out the tiny ones with decent 

 heads. Many of them have capital bodies, good ears (though some- 

 times rather large), good coats, and well-carried tails ; but are often 

 mean and pinched in face and muzzle, and "apple-headed." The 

 colours are as various as the sizes. When I first remember the breed, 

 it was a rare thing to see one under 15 Ib. to 20 Ib. weight, and 

 otherwise than white ; now you see more of other colours than white, 

 and I have had close on two hundred entries of all the colours and 

 weights imaginable at some of the large London shows ; and very 

 beautiful little creatures many of them are, although, in my opinion, 

 you get nearer perfection in the points of the breed in those from 

 7 Ib. to 12 Ib. weight than in the very diminutive specimens. 



Toy Bull-dogs are another variety which has been and is now 

 in great favour with certain people. Like their larger brethren, 

 the Bull-dogs, they are greatly admired by those who fancy them j 

 others do not see any beauty in them. Good specimens are very 

 quaint, old-fashioned-looking little fellows ; but I do not think they 

 will ever be very serious rivals of other breeds of Toys. And I think 

 the same of the Toy Bull-terriers, which are very difficult to get with 

 good heads and ears so many of them are too round and short in 

 the former and bat-shaped in the latter ; and as I have bred and 

 kept many of the variety, I know the difficulties to be overcome. 



