. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE WIRE-HAIR FOX-TERRIER. 345 terrier, and it seems hard to understand whence comes the wire-hair jacket in the one variety under notice, unless among his numerous progenitors there was a dog simi- larly blessed in this respect. The black-and- tan mentioned by Mr. O'Connell must be assumed to be the old Manchester Terrier, a smooth-coated dog of quite another stamp, and if this be so none of the breeds men- t
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE WIRE-HAIR FOX-TERRIER. 345 terrier, and it seems hard to understand whence comes the wire-hair jacket in the one variety under notice, unless among his numerous progenitors there was a dog simi- larly blessed in this respect. The black-and- tan mentioned by Mr. O'Connell must be assumed to be the old Manchester Terrier, a smooth-coated dog of quite another stamp, and if this be so none of the breeds men- tioned by him could hs responsible for a wire-hair jacket, though it may well be they would be capable of .producing a smooth Fox-terrier. The wire-hair Fox-terrier is, with the exception of its coat, identical with the smooth Fox-terrier—full brother in fact to him. The two varieties are much interbred, and several litters in consequence include representatives of both ; and not only this, but it is quite a frequent occurrence to get a smooth puppy from wire-hair parents, although for some generations neither of the parents may have had any smooth cross in their pedigrees. The smooth variety has always, apparently from the very beginning, had an advantage over his wire-haired brother, in that he has been a rich man's dog, whereas his brother life nearer akin to that of the pitman's " ; Fabulous sums have for many years frequently been paid for specimens of the Fox-terrier, so long as their coats. MR. T. J. STEPHENS' CH. SYLVAN RESULT BY CH. CACKLEY OF NOTTS ENCLOSURE. has undoubtedly been of more plebeian ownership ; the one, an aristocrat, almost a parlour dog, as compared with the other, who has had to rough it, and has lived a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leighton, Rob
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