THE DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA. 
Club, whose book of rules and standard of 
points bears upon its front the portrait of 
a typical specimen named Dandy. This 
portrait presents what appears to be a wire- 
haired Terrier with cropped ears and a half- 
docked tail. As an example of the breed it 
is not altogether convincing, but one is 
brought by later knowledge to the conclusion 
that it is the engraving and not the dog 
that is at fault. 
At the Kennel Club show in 1906, Mr. 
W. H. Milburn entered three of these 
terriers, but only one, Adelaide Miss,. was 
benched. She was 
473 
inches long. Average weight about 10 lb. or 
11 lb. Extreme weights, from 8 lb. to 14 lb. 
2. Head.—The head should be long, with a 
flat skull, full between the eyes, with soft hair 
topknot, long powerful jaw. Teeth level; nose 
black; eyes small, keen, and dark, colour. 
3. Ears.—Ears small, set high on skull, pricked 
or dropped towards the front, free from long 
hairs. Ears not to be cut since August, 1896. 
4. Neck.—Neck inclined to be long in proportion 
to body, with decided frill of hair. 
5. Body.—Body rather long in proportion to 
height; well ribbed up; back straight ;_ tail 
docked. 
6. Legs.—Fore-legs perfectly straight, well set. 
under body, slight 
feather to the knees, 
an engaging little 
bitch, reminding 
one of the old-fash- 
ioned working Skye 
Terrier, or one of 
the early Scotties 
crossed witha 
Yorkshire Terrier. 
Her owner mod- 
estly averred that 
she was not a su- 
perlative specimen 
clean feet, black toe- 
nails. Hind-legs, good 
strong thigh, hock 
slightly bent, feet 
small and well pad- 
ded, with no ten- 
dency to spread. 
7. Colour.—ist: 
Blue or grey body, 
tan on legs and face, 
richer the better; top- 
knot blue or silver; 
and: Clear sandy, or 
red. 
of the breed. Since 
then he has been 
good enough to se- 
cure for me from 
Melbourne the pho- 
tograph of Champion Tarago Masher, who 
is probably the best Australian Terrier 
yet bred in the Antipodes, and who has 
had a very successful career since he took 
a first prize as a puppy at the Victorian 
Kennel Club Show in 1903. Masher, who 
was bred by Mr. George Keyzer, of Mel- 
bourne, is a blue-tan dog, weighing 13 lbs. 
He is by Trapper out of English Rose, 
and is of good pedigree on both sides. In 
the show ring he has never been beaten. 
When this photograph was taken he was 
considered to be in good coat, and if one 
may judge by his portrait, he answers well 
to the standard laid down by the club for 
judging the breed. That standard is as 
follows :— 
1. General Appearance.—A rather low-set, com- 
pact, active dog, with good straight hair of wiry 
texture, coat about from two to two and a-half 
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AUSTRALIAN TERRIER CH. TARAGO MASHER 
BY TRAPPER——ENGLISH ROSE. 
BRED BY MR. GEORGE KEYZER, MELBOURNE. 
8. Disqualifying 
Points. — Flesh - col- 
oured nose, white toe- 
nails, white breasts, 
curly or woolly coat 
all black coat (puppies excepted). Uneven mouth 
will not altogether disqualify, but will be much 
against a dog. 
There has lately been an endeavour in 
Australia to establish a new breed to which 
has been given the name of the Sydney 
Silky Terrier ; but the type does not appear 
yet to be fixed, and I hesitate to give a 
description which may not be accurate, 
merely surmising that the Yorkshire Terrier 
has been largely instrumental in justifying 
the name. 
Needless to add, our kin in Australasia 
are as earnest dog lovers as ourselves. 
They possess excellent specimens of all 
the breeds that are familiar to us at home, 
and exhibit them in competition at their 
well-managed shows, reports of which 
are regularly to be found in the English 
periodicals devoted to canine matters. 
