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row, Mr. Joseph Kay, and Mr. William Pearson, all now dead ; 

 but the crack dogs now met with at our shows have generally been 

 bred by unknown people, and brought out by astute judges and 

 spirited exhibitors. In the early days of shows Birmingham took 

 the lead hi this breed, and Mr. G. Fitter, of that town, who had a 

 good strain, held the first position for several years with his ex- 

 ceptionally good dog Dandy. Of late years the most successful 

 exnibitors have been Mr. George Wilson, Huddersfield ; the late 

 Mr. Martin, Manchester; and, more so than either, Mr. Henry 

 Lacy, of Hebden Bridge. 



This breed is not such a general favorite with the public as it 

 deserves to be, for it has many excellent qualities to recommend it 

 to those who like a nice pet that does not need nursing, an affec- 

 tionate, lively, and tractable companion, not given to quarrelling, 

 very active and graceful in his actions, and with pluck enough and 

 a keen zest for hunting and destroying such vermin as rats that 

 infest houses and outbuildings ; for with larger vermin, such as the 

 fox, badger, etc., (with exceptional cases), he has not the hardness 

 to cope with or to stand their bites, nor has he the strength even 

 of other terriers of his own weight, as he is formed more for nimble- 

 ness than work requiring power. His most ardent admirers can- 

 not claim for him the courage and obduracy of attack and defence 

 that characterize less pure terriers. As a house dog he is unex- 

 celled, always on the alert, and quick to give alarm. 



The Scotch Terrier closely resembles the English dog in all but 

 his coat, which is wiry and rough, and hence he is sometimes called 

 the wire-haired terrier, a name perhaps better suited to a dog which 

 has long been naturalized in England, and whose origin is obscure 

 enough. Beyond this difference in externals, there is little to be 

 said distinctive of the one from the other, the colors being the 

 same, but white being more highly prized in the southern variety, 

 and the black and tan when more or less mixed with grey, so as to 

 give the dog a pepper and salt appearance, being characteristic of 

 the true Scotch terrier ; but there are numberless varieties in size, 

 and also in shape and color. This is a very good vermin dog, and 

 will hunt anything from a fox to a mouse ; but while he may be 



