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unhesitatingly putting them in the order 

 named, there is no doubt that considerable 

 good was done. A check was put on the 

 further introduction of terriers of wrong 

 type, and breeders saw which way to go. 

 As Mr. Owen said, the one was a Welsh 

 Terrier, the other was not ; and, as he 

 happened to be judging a class of the former 

 kind, it was advisable to put up top a terrier 

 of the sort catered for in the class. 



Following on Bob Bethesda (who un- 

 fortunately was not a prolific stock getter) 

 came Ch. Dim Saesonaeg, a terrier of beau- 

 tiful colour and coat with the best of bodies. 

 This dog was a great success at the stud, 

 and he and the before-mentioned Topsy are 

 undoubtedly responsible for much of the 

 quality seen at the present day. His litter 

 brother Badger was also a noted terrier, 

 though he made no mark at stud. Then 

 came Ch. Cymro Dewr II., another good 

 sound terrier, who had a better head than 

 any dog up to his time, though his eye was 

 rather full. His name appears to his credit 

 in some of the present-day pedigrees. After 

 him came Ch. Cymry o' Gymru, a son of 

 Dim Saesonaeg, and in quality well up with 

 his predecessors. The writer should have 

 been the possessor of this dog at the age 

 of two months at the modest price of twenty 

 shillings, but missed him in an unfortunate 

 way. Dim Saesonaeg's services were given 

 by the writer to a man named Mitchell, of 

 Bangor, a keen fancier who was very popular 

 in and about his district, for first pick of 

 the litter at two months, and refusal of any 

 of the others at i. The bitch owned by 

 Mitchell, by name Blinkbonny, was a 

 valuable terrier, with, perhaps, the best coat 

 ever seen ; she in due time had a litter of 

 five or six, which at the age of two months 

 were inspected by a friend of the writer's, 

 a good judge, who picked a nice puppy on 

 his behalf, and sent word that it was no use 

 having any of the others, as they were all 

 undershot, which was the fact. Ch. Cymry 

 o' Gymru happened, however, to be amongst 

 the undershot ones, his mouth later on 

 coming all right. 



It is necessary to bear this episode in 

 mind when examining young Welsh Terriers. 



In the writer's experience, very many of 

 them are apparently badly undershot in their 

 jaws at two months, and even at an older 

 age ; but it is extraordinary how they come 

 right, and much more of this sort of thing 

 is to be seen in them than in any other kind 

 of terrier. Another thing that it may be 

 useful, in passing, to call attention to is 

 that several puppies are born with black 

 below the hock and on the toes, others with 

 white toes, others (in certain strains) with 

 no black anywhere all tan all over. Now 

 unless these blemishes disappear as the 

 terriers grow, disqualification or severe 

 handicap will be the fate of each. In nearly 

 every instance provided, of course, the 

 puppy is pure bred it will be found, how- 

 ever, that the terrier will, as it grows, almost 

 imperceptibly free itself from these imper- 

 fections ; the legs and toes will become 

 all tan, and the black back will assuredly 

 appear before the puppy has reached the 

 adult stage. 



After Cymry o' Gymru came Ch. Bryn- 

 hir Burner and Ch. Brynhir Ballad, who 

 bring us down to the present day, when 

 we have several excellent terriers whose 

 names are to be found in the different 

 catalogues of the several shows held all 

 over the country. There is no doubt that the 

 breed is in excellent shape ; there are several 

 keen fanciers espousing its cause, not only 

 in this country, but in Canada, the United 

 States, India, and South Africa. It has 

 many advantages over other breeds, few 

 drawbacks, and one may look forward with 

 confidence to its regaining the position held 

 by it centuries ago, and becoming once again 

 the world's chief terrier. 



Prominent amongst its supporters to-day 

 are Mrs. Aylmer (a brace of whose excellent 

 terriers will be found illustrated in colour in 

 connection with this chapter), Mrs. H. D. 

 Greene, Lord Mostyn (in whose family the 

 breed has been from almost time immemorial), 

 Colonel Savage, and Messrs. T. H. Harris, 

 W. J. M. Herbert (the popular Hon. Secretary 

 of the Welsh Terrier Club), H. D. Greene, 

 G. R. Marriott, E. Powell, William Jones, 

 M. Palmer, John Jones, John Williams, W. A. 

 Dew (whose kennel some years back was 



