. 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 SMOOTH FOX-TERRIER. 343 would not be looked at if a hard-and-fast line were drawn over which no dog should win a prize. There are hundreds of Fox-terriers about quite as capable of doing their work as their ancestors ever were, and there is hardly a large kennel which has not from time to time furnished our leading packs with one or more dogs, and with gratifying results. It is, there- fore, a great pity 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 SMOOTH FOX-TERRIER. 343 would not be looked at if a hard-and-fast line were drawn over which no dog should win a prize. There are hundreds of Fox-terriers about quite as capable of doing their work as their ancestors ever were, and there is hardly a large kennel which has not from time to time furnished our leading packs with one or more dogs, and with gratifying results. It is, there- fore, a great pity that our leading ex- to breed Fox-terriers must have the bumps of patience and hope very strongly developed, as if the tyro imagines that he has only to mate his bitch to one of the known prize- winning dogs of the day in order to pro- duce a champion, he had better try some other breed. Let him fix in his mind the ideal dog, and set to work by patient effort and in the face of many disappointments to produce it. It is not sufficient that, hibitors should often be the greatest delin- having acquired a bitch good in all points quents in showing dogs which they know in save in head, that he breeds her to the their hearts should be kept at home or best-headed dog he can find. He must drafted altogether, and it is deplorable that some of our oldest judges should by their awards encourage them. So much for the utility of the present breed. Now as to a comparison of its appear- ance with bygone genera- tions. I have no hesitation whatever in saying that if the old time worthies could come to life again they would look a sorry crew, and hold no chance what- ever with our average specimens ; while as to our first flight they are incom- parably ahead of them. It is true that far too many Fox-terriers are now bred, and one sees many indiffer- ent ones ; but the type is vastly improved, and with it, heads, shoulders, fronts, MR. REDMONDS DUSKY DALESMAN BY DARLEY DALE DURHAM LAS
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