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added to variety in the importations. However, we seem to have reached 

 a stage where there is concentration along better defined lines, where judges 

 have not to pick and choose between a widely diflFerent lot of dogs, but devote 

 their attention to selection from classes showing more uniformity. This 

 makes a great deal of difference in considering the prospects of a compara- 

 tively new breed. 



The adveiu of Major Camochan as a competitor was a very welcome 

 addition to the list of exhibitors, particularly as he got most of his importa- 

 tions from Mr. Walter S. Glynn, who, if anyone, was the leading exhibitor 

 in England until he sold out his kennel a short time ago. Mr. dynn 

 had bred Welsh terriers for a number of years and they naturally came 

 truer to a uniform type and bred truer. Another English breeder from 

 whom a good many dogs have come is Mr. T. H. Harris, whose prefix of 

 Senny is very well known here now. The Misses de Coppet having Senny 

 Dragon and Dr. Benson, a new recruit in 1905, has been very successful 

 with Senny King. 



We do not anticipate any meteoric advance in the Welsh terrier, for 

 he fails somewhat in the attraction of colour, such as is to be found in some 

 other breeds of terriers, his black and tan coat being a little sombre, but he 

 will grow in favour, for those who have the breed are staunch fanciers and 

 their numbers are being added to all the time. He is not a quarrelsome 

 dog, but sensible and intelligent, and possessed of ail the game or "varmint" 

 qualities one wants in a companion or house dog. We remember being 

 struck when visiting Mr. George S. Thomas at his extensive kennels at 

 Hamilton, Mass., by seeing him return from a short trip afield with his 

 gun and two braces of terriers, wire-haired fox and Welsh, the proceeds 

 of the absence being a brace of grouse. With so many terriers to select 

 from for this purpose of grouse shooting we asked why he took these, and 

 he said he preferred them to any of the others, as they adapted themselves 

 to the sport better and stuck to it. 



The Welsh terrier is a medium-sized dog, smaller than the Irish terrier 

 and more approaching the size of the fox terrier. He should have all the 

 make-up of a sound terrier in front, feet, back and body, but he should be 

 preserved from any exaggeration in head. That is where the Welsh comes 

 in. He should not have a square or long foieface and the right expression 

 should be the main object sought for, and that of this terrier is intelligence, 

 with a dash of keenness as becomes a terrier. Although he is commonlj 



