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. ranks, and excluding him from every show. The admirers of the 
breed allege that the Yorkshire dog is an improved Scotch terrier 
by careful selection; but in my opinion other breeds have been 
resorted to in order to obtain the long silky coat, which often is 3 
or 4 inches long on the body, and on the face extends to 6 or 7. 
Now I set no bounds to the skill and art of the breeder, if only 
time is allowed him to carry out his wishes, but I scarcely think 
this change could be effected within the thirty years that have 
“ Dunpreary,” Blue Fawn Terrier, the Property of Mrs. Foster, Bradford. 
been occupied in its production. Indeed, it is comparatively so 
easy to change externals by resorting to a cross, and so difficult to 
do this by selection alone, that I candidly confess the opinion that 
the Yorkshire terrier is not a Scotch dog improved by the latter 
process unassisted by a cross. As long as any distinct breed is 
left unmixed, every litter comes nearly true to the type; but cross 
it, and varieties in all directions crop up, sometimes in a direction 
quite opposite to that intended. From the texture of coat I 
