228 THE DOGS OF THE BEITISH ISLANDS. 



THE WHITE ENGLISH TERRIER 



Although a separate class is made in the programmes of most of our large dog 

 shows for this breed, under the title " terriers except black and tan," the difference 

 between it and the black and tan is only one of colour. In size, shape, and mental 

 characteristics the two are identical, and consequently it is needless to repeat the 

 description given in the article on the black and tan terrier, which will serve equally 

 well for the subject of the present one. 



In the early exhibitions of dogs, and notably at those held at Islington and 

 Cremorne in 1862-3, the chief prizes were carried off by Mr. White, of Clapham, 

 both in the small (or toy) and large classes. His dogs, however, were very bare of 

 hair, and in other respects showed signs of in-breeding, from which cause, probably, 

 he did not continue to hold the premiership, Mr. Tupper and Mr. Hinks being first 

 and second at Islington in 1864. Mr. P. Swindells, of Stockport ; the late Mr. J. 

 Martin, of Salf ord ; Mr. J. Roocrof t, of Bolton ; Mr. G. Stables, of Manchester ; and 

 Mr. Skidmore, of Nantwich, have latterly been the most prominent breeders those 

 dogs exhibited by Mr. Shirley, M.P., the Rev. J. Mellor, and Mr. Murchison having 

 been bred by one or other of the above-named gentlemen. 



The originals of the portraits accompanying this article belonged to Mr. 

 Vero Shaw, having been purchased by him. Sylph, by Mr. Stable's Viper out 

 of Vic, is well known to fame, having taken first prize at Hull, the Alexandra 

 Palace, Crystal Palace, Belfast, Fakenham, Darlington, and Wolverhampton. Sylvio 

 (late Chance) is by Mr. P. Swindell's Joe out of Sylph, and has won three first 

 prizes, namely, at Bath, Darlington, and the Agricultural Hall. 



THE BULL TERRIER. 



The Bull Terrier, like his chief progenitor, the bulldog, is now without a 

 vocation, dog fights being prohibited by law, and rat pits being equally out of the 

 question. But, unlike the bulldog, he is an excellent companion for the male sex, 

 being a little too violent in his quarrels to make him desirable as a ladies' pet. 

 Careful crossing said to be with the terrier, but also alleged to be with the 

 greyhound or foxhound, or both has produced a handsome, symmetrical animal, 

 without a vestige of the repugnant and brutal expression of the bulldog, and with 

 the elegant lines of the greyhound, though considerably thickened in their pro- 

 portions. From fifteen to twenty years' ago, Mr. Hinks, of Birmingham, held 

 undisputed sway in this breed with a kennel of white dogs, in which a " Madman " 

 always existed ; but the identical animal varied almost every year, as he was enticed 

 away y the high bids of the lovers of this breed. At that time there was still a 

 slight reminder of the bull in the comparatively full lip ; but in 1868 Old Victor 

 suddenly appeared from the Black Country without this appendage, and with such 

 a fine form of head and frame that he succeeded in gaining the fiats of the judges 



