FOREIGN GUN-DOGS AND TERRIERS. 
considered an ancient dog, and it is cer- 
tain that some of the breed were taken 
into France as far back as the reign of 
Henry IV. 
In Italy there is an interesting strain of 
THE BARBET PATAVEAU. 
PROPERTY OF M. P. DEVILLE, PARIS. 
white Spinone, in form not unlike a large 
Trish terrier, of which no record is traceable 
earlier than 1870. These are found mostly 
in the neighbourhood of Alba, in Piedmont, 
and are believed to be the result of a cross 
SPINONE D’ALBA, 
from the Russian Griffons, introduced by 
an officer named Ruggieri at the time of the 
wars of the First Empire. The true Italian 
Spinone is the roan breed. The white variety 
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is known as the Spinone Ruggieri, or Spinone 
d’Alba. It is difficult to procure, but this is 
not perhaps a matter for regret, for in Italy, 
as everywhere else on the Continent, the 
indigenous shooting dogs are fast making 
room for English Pointers, Setters, and 
Spaniels. 
Of the increasing popularity of the English 
Spaniel, and more especially the Cocker 
and the Springer, proof is abundantly 
shown in 
the cata- 
logues of 
all Con- 
tinental 
shows. 
TERRIERS. 
English 
doglovers 
are apt 
to forget 
that there 
are other 
terriers 
than —— ag | 
those of 
Great 
Britain; 
they of- 
ten ignore the fact that even the name 
“terrier ” itself is a French word originally 
applied to small dogs used in the work of 
following their quarry into earths. 
In France at the present time there is no 
distinctively national terrier, but our neigh- 
bours across the Channel have recognised 
the good qualities of the British breeds, 
both for sport and as companions, and in 
all their important shows classes are opened 
for most of the varieties familiar to us. 
The French-bred Fox-terriers, both wire- 
haired and smooth, are usually of excellent 
type, and the Airedale, the Irish, and the 
Bull-terrier are fairly popular, while as 
ladies’ pets the silky-coated Yorkshire has 
become fashionable in Paris. German and 
Dutch terriers are also frequently to be 
seen in France. 
The Germans and the Dutch have ad- 
mirable terriers of their own, notable 
DOBERMANN PINSCHER 
GRAF BRUNO. 
