. 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 DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA. 473 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 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 DOGS OF AUSTRALASIA. 473 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 an engaging little bitch, reminding one of the old-fash- ioned working Skye Terrier, or one of the early Scotties crossed with a Yorkshire Terrier. Her owner mod- estly averred that she was not a su- perlative specimen 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 :— I. 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 AUSTRALIAN TERRIER CH. TARAGO MASHER BY TRAPPER— BRED BY MR. inches long. Average weight about 10 lb. or II lb. Extreme weights,
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