. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Bull Tlrkilr The bull terrier and tlie Seoteh terrier. The great family of terriers counts many other breeds besides those we have ah'eady named. We now come to the bull terriers, the Scotch, Skye, and Dandle Din mont terriers. The bull terrier, as his name indicates, comes from the crossing of bull- dogs with terriers. A strong and agile race was desired, and agile the bull- dog was not. In 1852 a breed of English terriers of unusual height seem
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. Bull Tlrkilr The bull terrier and tlie Seoteh terrier. The great family of terriers counts many other breeds besides those we have ah'eady named. We now come to the bull terriers, the Scotch, Skye, and Dandle Din mont terriers. The bull terrier, as his name indicates, comes from the crossing of bull- dogs with terriers. A strong and agile race was desired, and agile the bull- dog was not. In 1852 a breed of English terriers of unusual height seems to ha\'e at- tracted the atten- tion f)f all breeders on the continent of Europe; and when combats between bulldogs and other animals \\' e r e gracluall)' forbid- den, an effort was made to turn the race into a safe domestic dog. Hlr '; \v.\s Bench shows I'lioto j. w Nrwma. assisted the purpose, and now this lithe and slim white dog, called a bull terrier, with his strong constitution, is an orna- ment to the tribe. His native strength is still shown by his solid shoulders, his power- ful hind quarters, his supple body, and his muscular paws. No other trace of the bull- dog is in him, unless it may be a species of enlargement around the eyes and jaws, which is f)nly shown in a few indixiduals about their third year. This race is a proof of the of English breeders, for while it gains from the terrier more intelli- gence than from the bulldog, it has kept all the strength of the latter. Very different is the Scotch terrier. Small in body, clever and shrewd, with his rough ray or black hair and his long body, he is not at all vulgar in air or manner. The late Queen Victoria had a Scotch terrier named Caer- nach, who accom- panied her on all her journeys. Giving orders that the ship of war LiHitnin^ should escort the royal yacht, the Queen wrote," The L igilt HI iig will carry the eighth battalion and our footman, Benda, with our terrier ;
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