FOREIGN GUN-DOGS AND TERRIERS. 
by his prominent eyebrows of rough hair. 
His ears are set high on the head, and are 
always cropped with rounded tips. The 
tail is docked very short, sometimes to a 
mere knob. The coat is hard, rough, and 
GRIZZLE WIRE-HAIRED PINSCHER 
LYRA. 
wiry, standing out from the body. On the 
head it is shorter, and there is a decided 
short beard and whisker. The colour may 
be pepper and salt, iron grey, silver 
grey or dull charcoal black, sometimes 
with an admixture of tan or rusty 
markings on the head and legs. A 
bright red colour is incorrect. His 
height is from 12 inches to 18 inches, 
and his weight from 18 to 28 lb. 
Herr Max Hartenstein, of Berlin, is 
perhaps the best known among the 
many prominent owners and breeders 
of the Rattler. His Gick and Hanelle 
are good examples of the grey variety, 
but his best at the present moment 
are the blacks ; Sambo-Plavia, Kunz- 
Plavia, Eva-Plavia, and Dohle-Plavia, 
being eminent prize winners at the 
Continental shows. Another well- 
known owner is Mrs. Prosper Sassen, of 
Antwerp, whose Ch. Russ II. Pfeff holds 
an unbeaten record on the Continent. 
There is a smooth-coated variety of the 
German Pinscher, and mention may also 
be made of the Affenpinscher, or Monkey 
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Terrier, a small, wire-haired lady’s dog, 
somewhat resembling the Brussels Griffon. 
These Monkey Terriers are becoming some- 
what fashionable outside of Germany, and 
occasionally they have been imported into 
England. 
The Dutch wire-haired terrier (Hollandsche 
Smoushond) differs very little from the old- 
fashioned British rough-coated terrier type. 
It is also a stable-yard dog ; a man’s rather 
than a lady’s pet. In height he averages 
I5 inches at the shoulder, and in weight 
22 lb. The coat is hard, wiry, and rough, 
never curly, wavy, or woolly, and the colour 
is red, yellow-brown, dirty yellow, and 
their different shades. The moustaches, 
beard, and eyelashes are often black. The 
ears are cropped to rounded points, and the 
gaily carried tail is docked to a third of its 
natural length. Some of the most typical 
are kept by Mr. J. Westerwondt, of Baarn. 
We seldom see them on this side of the 
North Sea. There are many other kinds 
of terriers in Holland, but most of them 
seem to be related either to the German 
Pinscher or the English breeds. 
The Boxer is another dog widely distri- 
buted throughout Germany and Holland. 
BLACK PINSCHERS KUNZ-PLAVIA 
AND HIS DAM LIES PLAVIA. 
BRED BY HERR MAX HARTENSTEIN, BERLIN. 
Next to the Dachshund, indeed, he is the 
most popular dog in Germany, and his 
popularity is rapidly increasing. He is 
a “terrier”? of Bulldog character, with a 
clean-cut head, wrinkled between the high- 
set, cropped ears, with a muzzle broad and 
