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hurst Jim I much admired, and I had one of 

 his daughters that was very like him. They 

 were not so fast or active, however, as dogs 

 built more on fox-terrier lines. 



A peculiarity of the black-and-tans is the way 

 in which they transmit their colour. I have on 

 several occasions seen whole litters, sired by a 

 black-and-tan, all of the same colour, though the 

 mother was white ; and I have also seen the same 

 thing happen when the dam was a black-and-tan 

 and the sire a white dog. I believe that some of 

 the first Welsh terriers that were shown were by 

 a fox-terrier, or at least they were said to have 

 been so sired. Unfortunately the so-called Welsh, 

 like the fox-terrier, is getting too big for the 

 work he was originally bred for. 



The first time I showed a black-and-tan wire- 

 haired terrier was at Sherborne in 1885. This 

 was also the first time that the breed had been 

 recognised at any show by having a class to 

 itself, and it was, thanks to Mr Merthyr Guest, 

 that one was now given. My little terrier Briton 

 was a very handsome dog, but unfortunately just 

 before the show came on he had been indulging 

 in sea-bathing, and he was in consequence en- 

 tirely out of coat. He was fortunate, therefore, 

 in taking second prize, and though he afterwards 

 grew a splendid jacket he was never shown again. 



The best all-round terrier of this breed was my 

 beautiful little Whankey, and of all the dogs I 

 have ever owned I think she was the cleverest. 



