HAIRLESS DOGS. 
led into the ring by a Chinese nurse in native 
costume. In appearance, Ta Jen was not 
unlike a tiny Miniature Bulldog, with a 
quaint fierce face and large eyes set far 
apart, and with ears “like the sails of a 
war junk.” His tail was short but not 
docked. His weight might be 5 Ib. or 6 lb., 
and in colour he was black and tan. A dog 
of the same variety, but fawn and white, 
is owned by Lord Howe. Both were im- 
ported by Mrs. Carnegie from Pekin, where 
they were said to have been purloined from 
the Imperial Palace. 
The Havana and Manilla Spaniels.— 
These two little toy Spaniels are no doubt 
varieties of the ancient Maltese dog, from 
which they differ only in minor points, 
although owners both in Cuba and the 
Philippines claim them as native breeds. 
The Manilla is somewhat larger than the 
Maltese and may attain to a weight of 16 Ib. 
Usually it is white, and the coat instead 
of falling straight lies in wavy strands. The 
eyes are large, black, and lustrous, and the 
nose, also, is jet black. Miss Pidgeley en- 
deavoured to form a kennel of the variety, 
and her Tina was a very good specimen 
who lived to be over eighteen years old, 
with her senses unimpaired. Tina was the 
dam of Archer, also a typical one. The 
Manilla Spaniel is an uncommonly intelligent 
little dog, and is as quick as a Poodle at 
learning tricks. 
The Havanese dog has a softer coat, and 
in colour it may as often be brown as white. 
A very good bitch was shown by Mme. 
Malenfer at the Tuileries Gardens in 1907, 
Poulka de Dieghem by name, bred by M. 
Max de Conninck, who has kept many of the 
breed in France. Poulka is a chestnut brown, 
or café au lait colour, with an excellent con- 
sistency of coat, and a good head with large, 
expressive eyes. In general appearance she 
reminds one of the Lhasa Terrier. Another 
good specimen was M. Desmaison’s Titine, 
but Poulka was the more typical, and gained 
the first prize under Mr. F. Gresham. The 
Havanese makes an admirable pet, and like 
its Cuban relative it is remarkably wise. 
The Mongolian Dog.— Another inter- 
esting and unfamiliar variety of what the 
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French call the chiens de luxe, is the Mon- 
golian dog. It resembles the Poodle in 
general shape, but is remarkable for its 
very thick and closely packed coat of white 
hair, which is as dense and deep as that 
HAVANESE DOG POULKA DE DIEGHEM. 
PROPERTY OF MADAME MALENFER, PARIS. 
of a Leicestershire sheep. The head is long, 
with drop ears, and a square muzzle. It 
is somewhat high on the leg, and round 
bodied. Three French bred specimens were 
lately exhibited in Paris. 
Hairless Dogs.—Here may be mentioned 
the curious hairless and semi-hairless dogs 
which occur in Central and South America, 
the West Indies, China, Manilla, and certain 
parts of Africa. 
There seem to be two types: one built 
on the lines of the Manchester Terrier, and 
sometimes attaining the racy fineness of the 
Whippet ; and the other a short legged, 
cloddy animal, less elegant and prone to 
run to ungainly obesity. The size varies. 
Some are small dogs of four or five pounds 
in weight ; others may average from ten to 
fifteen pounds, while some are as heavy as 
twenty-five pounds. These last are decidedly 
unpleasant in appearance; their bareness 
giving the impression of disease. It is 
quite possible that the hairless dog is in 
actuality a degenerate animal, although this 
might seem to be disproved by the cir- 
cumstance that most specimens are very 
