THE DOG FAMILY 103 
journeys through cross-country roads accompanied by one or more of them, and never knew 
them miss me, even on the darkest night or in the crowded streets of a large town. The 
favourite colour is pigeon-blue, with white collar and markings. The coat should be straight and 
hard in texture. The illustration is from a portrait of one of the best bitches ever shown, 
belonging to Sir H. de Trafford. 
Datmatians are always white, with black, liver, or lemon spots, the size of a shilling or less, 
evenly distributed over the body, head, ears, and even tail, and pure, without mixture of white. 
There is much of the pointer about this variety, which has long been used for sporting purposes 
on the continent of Europe. I can testify to their many good qualities as companions and 
house-dogs. To quote again from the article above mentioned: “It is commonly believed that 
the spotted carriage-dogs once so frequently kept in stables were about the most useless 
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BULL-DOGS 
The photograph is remarkably good and characteristic of this variety 
Photo by T. Fall] [Baker Street 
creatures of the dog kind, maintained only for show and fashion. This is a mistake. They were 
used at a time when a traveling-carriage carried, besides its owners, a large amount of valuable 
property, and the dog watched the carriage at night when the owners were sleeping at country 
inns. We feel we owe an apology to the race of carriage-dogs. . . . While this dog is 
becoming extinct, in spite of his useful qualities, other breeds are invading spheres of work in 
which they had formerly no part.” There is only one point in which I differ from the above, 
and that is contained in the last sentence. There are a number of enthusiastic breeders very 
keen on reviving interest in this variety, and I have during the last few years had large entries to 
judge, so that we shall probably see more of them in the future. 
Poop.es are of many sizes and colours. They are very intelligent, easily taught tricks, and 
much used as performing dogs. They have various kinds of coats: corded, in which the hair 
hangs in long strands of ringlets ; curly, with a profusion of short curls all over them, something 
