BOOK III. 

 TERRIERS 



(OTHEE THAN FOX AND TOY). 



CHAPTEE I. 

 NONDESCRIPT TERRIERS. 



INCE the first edition of this book was published, a considerable change 

 has taken place in the type of several of the terrier family. At that 

 time the Yorkshire terrier was represented by an animal only slightly 

 differing from the old Scotch dog, his shape being nearly exactly the 

 same, and his coat differing simply in being more silky. Such an animal 

 was Mr. Spink's Bounce as introduced in the accompanying engraving, and by 

 comparing his portrait with that of Mrs. Poster's Huddersfield Ben, illustrating 

 the article on the Yorkshire terrier, it will readily be seen that a great development 

 of coat has been accomplished in the latter; and, indeed, that except in colour 

 there is a vast difference between the two. A fac-simile of Bounce would have a 

 faint chance of taking a prize even in a small show, under the present state of 

 canine law, whether exhibited as a Yorkshire " blue tan," or simply as a broken- 

 haired terrier; and though the strain to which he belongs is common enough, it 

 can scarcely be considered as anything but nondescript. So also with the type 

 represented by Mr. Badclyffe's Eough ; many such dogs are scattered about through 

 England and Wales, but they have no locus standi on the show bench ; and, as Mr. 

 Eadclyffe himself found by experience, it is useless to exhibit them if successful 

 prize-taking is the aim of their owners. " Eough " took my fancy greatly when 

 shown unsuccessfully at Islington in 1865, and I have understood that the breed is 

 remarkably game and excellent as a vermin killer. Mr. Pearce's Venture represents 

 what is now called the rough fox terrier, but formerly known as the white Scotch 

 terrier; and, lastly, Mr. Fitter's Dandy is of the old-fashioned black and tan 

 English breed which still keeps its place on the show bench, being commonly, 

 though without good reason, denominated the Manchester terrier. The small 

 English white terrier formerly bred in large numbers by Mr. White of Clapham, 

 has developed into a larger dog, and has now exactly the same points as the black 

 and tan. Having a separate class allotted to him at Birmingham and the Kennel 



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