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(b) the rough eox-terriek. 



The rough fox-terrier is still more modern than his smooth 

 brother, as far as shows are concerned ; no distinct class for the 

 breed having been made until 1872, when the Glasgow officials 

 offered a prize for " the best rough fox : terrier," and their example 

 has since been followed at all the large exhibitions of dogs 

 at Birmingham, London, &c. Nevertheless, though not called 

 a /oaj-terrier, the breed has existed for the last fifty years to my 

 certain knowledge, having myself possessed and seen many 

 specimens of it fully as long ago. The Eev. John Eussell in the 

 West of England has long been famous for his strain of rough 

 terriers, so closely resembling the modern dogs exhibited by Mr. 

 Sanderson, Mr. Carrick, and Mr. Lyndsay Hogg as to be insepar- 

 able by any ordinary test. It is true that the ears may not have 

 complied with -modern requirements, because they were invariably 

 cropped, and I never saw one with full ears. Mr. Eadcliffe's 

 (Shropshire) breed of rough terriers certainly had tulip ears, and 

 on that account were refused prizes at the London and Birming- 

 ham shows ten years ago, perfect as they were in every other 

 point. For these reasons I cannot positively assert that the 

 modern rough fox-terrier is identical with the old-fashioned dog 

 known in England as the Scotch terrier, but in all other respects 

 he closely resembles him. 



The rough fox-terrier may be regarded in all respects as 

 similar to his smooth brother, with the exception of his coat, 

 which on the body and legs should be about twice the length of 

 that on the smooth dog, with the addition of a thick under-pile of 

 a woolly nature, and furnished, like that of the otter-hound, with a 

 certain amount of oil, secreted by the glands of the skin, so as 

 to resist the action of water. Mr. Carrick, the Master of the 



