60 DOGS 



on rather high, well carried, but not too gaily ; coat very 

 abundant, hard, dense, and wiry ; colour black and tan or 

 black-grizzle tan, free from white, also from black pen- 

 cilling on toes. Dogs should be 15 inches at the shoulders, 

 14 for females; weight from 16 to 20 pounds. 



Yorkshire Terriers 



These beautiful little dogs were formerly called Scotch 

 terriers ; but, as Dr. Gordon Stables says, ' Scotland would 

 have none of him, as he is not hardy enough to stand the 

 climate, except kept as a little carpet knight; so York- 

 shire has given him a homo and habitation.' There are 

 two weights for these dogs, the toy size and the rather 

 largish kind. 



The chief points of pure-bred Yorkshire terriers are : 

 length and beauty of coat and smallness of size ; the 

 colour silver blue on the upper parts of the body and a 

 golden tan on the head, face, ears, and legs. The coat 

 should be long, silky, and shiny, and nearly touching the 

 groimd on each side, and parted in the centre ; the hair 

 should almost hide the face and should hang long on the 

 nose. Their, weight from 3 to 10 pounds; the head very 

 shapely, tapering towards the nose, which should be jet 

 black ; the muzzle rather long ; the eyes large, soft, bright, 

 and dark hazel colour. The ears are generally cropped, 

 and should stand up very upright ; if they are not cropped 

 they should droop close to the head ; the teeth white and 

 level, fitting each other exactly ; the tail should be docked 

 at a very early age, and should have a good flag at the end, 

 and carried very straight. The height at shoulder of a 

 female weighing 4 or 5 pounds should not exceed 9 inches, 

 the length of body fi-om tip of nose to the setting on of 

 the tail from 18 to 20 inches; the males are larger in 

 weight, and should be one inch higher and two inches 

 longer than the females. 



Yorkies are born black and tan, and change their 



