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and is, in reality, a different class of coat. It is not so broken 

 as is that of the Fox-terrier, and is generally a smoother, 

 shorter coat, with the hairs very close together. When 

 accompanied with this there is a dense undercoat, one has, 

 for a terrier used to work a good deal in water, an ideal cover- 

 ing, as waterproof almost as the feathers on a duck's back. 

 The other difference between the Fox and Welsh Terrier viz., 

 type is very hard to define. To anyone who really under- 

 stands Welsh Terriers, the selection of those of proper type 

 from those of wrong type presents little if any difficulty. 



As a show-bench exhibit the Welsh Terrier is not more 

 than twenty- two years old. He has, however, resided in 

 Wales for centuries. 



There is no doubt that he is in reality identical with the 

 old black and tan wire-haired dog which was England's first 

 terrier, and which has taken such a prominent part in the 

 production and evolution of all the other varieties of the 

 sporting terrier. 



There are several people living in or about Carnarvonshire 

 who can show that Welsh Terriers have been kept by their 

 ancestors from, at any rate, a hundred to two hundred years 

 ago. Notable among these is the present master of the Ynysfor 

 Otterhounds, whose great grandfather, John Jones, of Ynys- 

 for, owned Welsh Terriers in or about the year 1760. This 

 pack of Otterhounds has always been kept by the Jones 

 of Ynysfor, who have always worked and still work Welsh 

 Terriers with them. From this strain some good terriers have 

 sprung, and this although neither the present master nor any 

 of his ancestors have concerned themselves greatly about the 

 looks of their terriers, or kept anything but a head record of 

 their pedigrees. They are all, however, pure bred, and are 

 set much store on by their owner and his family, just as they 

 always have been by their predecessors. 



Until about the year 1884 no one seems to have considered 

 the question of putting specimens of the breed on the 

 show bench. About that year, however, several gentlemen 



