88 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
quite so thick and “cobby” a body as the smooth, but his ear has 
the same size and shape, so that however.this point has been 
obtained by the one, the same process. must most probably have 
been adopted by the breeders of the other. The diminution of 
beard would lead to the supposition that Mr..Sanderson’s dogs are 
a cross between the smooth fox-terrier (possibly already modified 
by the beagle cross) and the old-fashioned rough dog; and their 
possession of the under-pile in their coats, which I do not recollect 
to have, existed in the latter, would lead me to believe that the 
Bedlington has been resorted to; but the body coat is too hard 
and wiry to induce the belief that this dog and the smooth fox- 
terrier are alone responsible for ‘‘ Venture,” “ Turpin,” ‘and Co. 
The dog attains maturity so soon that several crosses may be 
carried out in a very few years, and a new breed can thus be 
manufactured to order by any single individual, certainly within 
ten years, and generally in half that time, always supposing that 
its elementary points are already in existence. 
No dog is more available as a young man’s companion than the 
subject of the present article, but he is not so well suited to the 
ladies’ room, as his coat is apt to come off and disfigure her dress 
and carpet. With the single exception of the coat, the points of 
the rough fox-terrier resemble those of the smooth, and I need 
not therefore repeat them here. It is only necessary to substitute 
the above description of his coat for that given in the points of the 
smooth dog at page 86. The numerical value is the same. 
XIIL—THE HARD-HAIRED SCOTCH TERRIER. 
Until very recently no such breed as the above was recognised 
at our shows, where the only representatives of it were shown, 
first, when used for sporting purposes as rough fox-terriers, and, 
secondly, as toys which no doubt have been carefully bred from 
the original by selecting those possessed of the most lady-like 
coats and of the most beautiful blue and fawn colours. In Ireland 
a terrier closely resembling him is preserved and prized as he 
deserves, and may be considered to have, phcenix-like, risen from 
the ashes of the Scotch terrier. “ Peto,” the dog I selected twenty- 
five years ago to represent the breed, was absolutely bred in Scot- 
