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Figs. 6 and 7 are portraits of Mr. T. W. Scarisbrook's 

 beautiful little winners, a well-known pair— one an evenly- 

 he other an unevenly-marked doe. Mice are bad sitters, but 

 the markings are faithfully rendered. Fig. 8 shows the 

 markings of the evenly-marked doe. At some future date I 

 hope to give a few hints on showing mice. 



To prepare a mouse for show is a simple matter when 

 managed, as it should be, by having the animal always in 

 sliow form. Mice do not suffer from being shown, if sent in 

 suitable cages, in which they can be warm and comfortable, 



Fig 6. Mr. Scarisbrook's Unevenly-marked Doe, 



and therefore the time which, in the case of a doe, should 

 elapse between two litters, may be profitably employed in the 

 show-pen, either with the young ones in doe and litter 

 classes, which are very general, or alone. The young mice 

 must grow as large as possible, and always thrive best when 

 left with the mother up to six weeks old ; they should, 

 however, be frequently handled as soon as they leave the 

 nest, for they are as slippery as eels, and if they went 

 untamed to a show with their mother, the judge's necessary 

 inspection would very likely end in their escape. Humorous 



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