THE DOG 



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yellow, or tawny red, but 

 never all black. Each color 

 should be clearly defined 

 and distinct. 



The black and tan terrier 

 and his ivhitc colleague. This 

 race brings us back to the 

 land of the terrier. They 

 are small, refined, black and 

 brown animals, which, by 

 their slim bodies, resemble 

 greyhounds and harriers. 

 They have lost their terrier 

 instincts, and their talents 

 are more ad m i r e d i n a 

 drawing-room than out of 

 doors. Careful breeding has transformed 

 this race, which is of very ancient English 

 origin, into a neat and elegant pet dog. 

 They are often called Manchester terriers. 

 The cut of the ears is of great importance 

 in all of these dogs that are exhibited, and 

 they are thus dependent on fashion. The 

 brown or tan color should be visible on the 

 jaws, under the throat, above the eyes, on 

 the cheeks, on the inside of the hind paws, 

 under the tail, and on the front paws up 

 to the first joint. The legs should be 

 black. There is, as we perceive, a whole 

 series of colors, but the dog himself takes 

 his name from his particular colors. The 

 English terrier is all white, and was pro- 

 duced by numberless crossings of the black 

 and tan terriers with small hounds. 



Si'oTTEll lU'Ll. !)()(, 

 I'lioto J. 'r. Newman, Berklianip^ 



tead 



J' oi 71 te rs and settei's. 



These animals by nature and 



\ training are s|)orting dogs. 



] They form pail ol a group 



/ of dogs which, wlien they 



I perceive their feathered or 



/ theii' furr)' game, sto]) shoi't, 



and by their fi.xed attitude 



indicate to the si^ortsman 



the direction of that game. 



Probably we must seek the 



explanation of this act, which 



astonishes all who behokl it, 



in the innate habit of all 



dogs which hunt their prey 



of waiting a brief moment 



English Setticrs 



llL.ACK AND T.\N T i; 1! i; 1 F. R 



before leaping forward to seize it. 

 But our present hunting dogs are 

 trained, from father to son, mereh" to 

 hnd and indicate the game, never to 

 seize it. The three chief races of set- 

 teis are the Irish, of a beautiful golden 

 blown ; the Gordon setter, black and 

 tan ; and the English breed, which is 

 white, or white and brown, or white 

 and black. These dogs are necessarih' 

 very agile in their movements, which 

 is shown by their sloping shoulders, 

 their long chests, their \'ery muscular 

 and rather long necks, and also by 



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