. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. THE TERRIER. 81 Visitors to our dog shows who look out for the beautiful as well as the useful, cannot fail to be attracted by this little exquisite, aa he reclines on his cushion of silk or velvet, in the center of his little palace of crystal and mahogany, or struts round his mansion, with the consequential airs of the dandy that he is; yet, with all. Fig. 15.—YORKSHIRE TERR


. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries. Their breeding, training, and management in health and disease, comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dog. [from old catalog]. THE TERRIER. 81 Visitors to our dog shows who look out for the beautiful as well as the useful, cannot fail to be attracted by this little exquisite, aa he reclines on his cushion of silk or velvet, in the center of his little palace of crystal and mahogany, or struts round his mansion, with the consequential airs of the dandy that he is; yet, with all. Fig. 15.—YORKSHIRE TERRIER, LADY GIFFARD'S KATIE. his self-assertion of dignity, his beard of approved cut and color, faultless whiskers of Dundreary type, and coat of absolute perfec- tion, without one hair awry, one cannot help feeling that he is but a dandy after all. Although so very modem, it is diflBcult to trace satisfactorily the pedigree of this breed; indeed, pedigree he may be said at present to have none, and it is hard to say out of what materials he was manufactured ; but the warp and woof of him appear to have been the common long-coated black and tan, and the lighter- colored specimens of what is known as the Glasgow or Paisley Skye terrier, the former of no certain purity, and the latter an ad- mitted mongrel; and from which I think the Yorkshire gets the softness and length of coat due to Maltese blood. In shape this. 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 [Walsh, John Henry], 1810-1888. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company


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