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dog, and his engaging manners and cleanliness of habit ought 

 to place him among the most favoured of lady's pets and lap- 

 dogs. It is to be hoped that the efforts now being made 

 by the Black and Tan Terrier Club will be beneficial to the 

 increased popularity of this diminutive breed. 



For the technical description and scale of points the reader 

 is referred to the chapter on the larger variety of Black and 

 Tan Terrier (see p. 196). 



Of late years Toy Bull-terriers have fallen in popularity. 

 This is a pity, as their lilliputian self-assertion is most amusing. 

 As pets they are most affectionate, excellent as watch-dogs, 

 clever at acquiring tricks, and always cheerful and com- 

 panionable. They have good noses and will hunt diligently ; 

 but wet weather or thick undergrowth will deter them, and 

 they are too small to do serious harm to the best stocked game 

 preserve. 



The most valuable Toy Bull-terriers are small and very light 

 in weight, and these small dogs usually have " apple-heads." 

 Pony Queen, the former property of Sir Raymond Tyrwhitt 

 Wilson, weighed under 3 lb., but the breed remains " toy " 

 up to 15 lb. When you get a dog with a long wedge-shaped 

 head, the latter in competition with small " apple-headed " 

 dogs always takes the prize, and a slightly contradictory state 

 of affairs arises from the fact that the small dog with an 

 imperfectly shaped head will sell for more money than a dog 

 with a perfectly shaped head which is larger. 



In drawing up a show schedule of classes for this breed 

 it is perhaps better to limit the weight of competitors to 12 

 lb. .-The Bull-terrier Club put 15 lb. as the lowest weight 

 allowed for the large breed, and it seems a pity to have 

 an interregnum between the large and miniature variety ; 

 still, in the interests of the small valuable specimens, this 

 seems inevitable, and opportunist principles must be applied 

 to doggy matters as to other business in this world. At 

 present there is a diversity of opinion as to their points, but 



