The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 THE TERRIER. 81 'Visitors to our clog shows who look out for the beautiful as well as the useful, cannot fail to be attracted by this little exquisite, as he reclines on his cushion of silk or velvet, in the center of his little palace of crystal and mahoiauy, 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, fau
The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 THE TERRIER. 81 'Visitors to our clog shows who look out for the beautiful as well as the useful, cannot fail to be attracted by this little exquisite, as he reclines on his cushion of silk or velvet, in the center of his little palace of crystal and mahoiauy, 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 modern, it is difficult 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
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