. The dog and how to breed, train and keep him. Containing articles on the breeding, training and keeping of the dog, as well as the history, description, and peculiarities of the different breeds by noted fanciers, and also a chapter upon disease. Dog. [from old catalog]. y THE WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER. "SAINT CRIBBAGE'' (30,836). The Property of Hariy W, Smith, Esq., Worcester, Mass. WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIERS. BY HARRY W. SMITH, ESQ. THIS breed of terriers, while perhaps not as popular as the smooth terriers, are bred and largely used in England, where game vermin terriers to work over an
. The dog and how to breed, train and keep him. Containing articles on the breeding, training and keeping of the dog, as well as the history, description, and peculiarities of the different breeds by noted fanciers, and also a chapter upon disease. Dog. [from old catalog]. y THE WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER. "SAINT CRIBBAGE'' (30,836). The Property of Hariy W, Smith, Esq., Worcester, Mass. WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIERS. BY HARRY W. SMITH, ESQ. THIS breed of terriers, while perhaps not as popular as the smooth terriers, are bred and largely used in England, where game vermin terriers to work over and under ground are wanted. Their characteristics and show points are identical with the smooth, with the exception of their rough, wiry jacket, which enables them to work to better advantage in wet, marshy places, especially late in the fall or early in the spring. This coat should, above all, be wiry and rough. Nothing is so detestable to a wire-haired judge as a soft, silky coat. What is wanted is a coat that can stand wear and tear and be of service against water and frost. It should be about 1^4 inches long on the body, growing shorter on the legs and feet, none at all on the ears, between the eyes and ears, or on the cheeks, but there should always be a little tuft over each eye and a stiff beard on the upper lips and under the chin. The wire-haired terrier originated from some of the old kennel terriers kept in England for use with either the fox or otter hound packs, and without doubt their blood runs much truer than that of the smooth terriers, for the reason that the best blood has always been in the hands of a few. William Carrick of Carlisle, England, stands far and away the first wire-haired breeder that the fancy has ever known. His first crack was Carlisle Trick, and he was sired by Old Jester, the fountain-head of all good wire blood. By breeding Trick to the well-known champion Lil Foiler, Carlisle Tack was produced, and until Carlisle Tyro was brought out, he w
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