HAIKERSS DOGS: 
light slate blue with pure silver crest. In 
some instances the crest is stiff and upright, 
in others it falls softly over the back of the 
head. 
In character the hairless dogs are dissimilar. 
Some are mere soft, sleepy, and not very 
interesting curiosities, but others are par- 
ticularly vivacious and game. Mr. Brooke’s 
Hairy King and Paderewski were exceedingly 
intelligent, and were apt in hunting rabbit 
or rat. Miss Pinto’s black Cheno was 
especially tested by Lord Avebury, and 
found to be of singularly alert mentality, 
showing considerable acquaintance with the 
principles of arithmetical calculation. Both 
of Miss Pinto’s hairless dogs, Cheno and 
Juanita, were believed to be Mexican, as 
were Mr. Brooke’s Hairy King, Oh Susannah ! 
and Paderewski Junior, and Mr. Temple’s 
Alice. Mr. J. Whitbread’s Twala was 
African, and so was Zulu Chief, owned by 
Mr. S. Woodiwiss. Mrs. Foster’s Fatima 
and Coffee were South American. In the 
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pied specimens the colour changes curiously 
with age. In youth the dog may be 
entirely pink with a few black spots, which 
increase in size, and mingle together until 
the whole of the back is black. Some of the 
hairless dogs never bark, others are as 
noisy as terriers. 
The breeding of these dogs, except with 
their own kind, is attended with curious 
results. A Fox-terrier bitch was once put 
to Hairy King, as it was desired to use her 
as a foster mother for Bull puppies. Several 
of the litter were Fox-terriers and fair 
specimens, but two were weird looking 
creatures. They had Fox-terrier heads, 
and they were hairless, the skin being 
mottled along the body to the hips, where, 
on each side, was a tuft of terrier hair about 
the size of a crown piece. The tail was 
bare from the root to the middle, the end 
being that of a Fox-terrier. Whilst the legs 
were bare down to the knee joint, the feet 
were like a terrier’s. 
ZULU SAND DOG. 
Photograph by C, Reid, Wishaw. 
