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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Gilpin's
portrait
of
Colonel
Thornton's
celebrated
Pitch,
painted
in
1790,
presents
a
terrier
having
a
smooth
white
coat
with
a
black
patch
at
the
set-on
of
the
undocked
tail,
and
black
markings
on
the
face
and
ears.
The
dog's
head
is
badly
drawn
and
small
in
proportion;
but
the
body
and
legs
and
colouring
would
hardly
disgrace
the
Totteridge
Kennels
of
to-day.
Fox-terriers
of
a
noted
strain
were
depicted
from
life
by
Reinagle
in
The
Sportsman's
Cabinet,
published
over
a
hundred
years
ago;
and
in
the
text
accompanying
the
engraving
a
minute
account
is
given
of
the
peculiarities
and
working
capacities
of
the
terrier.
We
are
told
that
there
were
two
breeds:
the
one
wire-haired,
larger,
more
powerful,
and
harder
bitten;
the
other
smooth-haired
and
smaller,
with
more
style.
The
wire-hairs
were
white
with
spots,
the
smooths
were
black
and
tan,
the
tan
apparently
predominating
over
the
black.
The
same
writer
states
that
it
was
customary
to
take
out
a
brace
of
terriers
with
a
pack
of
hounds,
a
larger
and
a
smaller
one,
the
smaller
dog
being
used
in
emergency
when
the
earth
proved
to
be
too
narrow
to
admit
his
bigger
companion.
It
is
well
known
that
many
of
the
old
fox
hunters
have
kept
their
special
breeds
of
terrier,
and
the
Belvoir,
the
Grove,
and
Lord
Middleton's
are
among
the
packs
to
which
particular
terrier
strains
have
been
attached.
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