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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Statistics
would
probably
show
that
in
numbers
the
Fox-terrier
justifies
the
reputation
of
being
a
more
popular
breed,
and
the
Scottish
Terrier
is
no
doubt
a
formidable
competitor
for
public
esteem.
It
is
safe,
however,
to
say
that
the
Irish
Terrier
shares
with
these
the
distinction
of
being
one
of
the
three
most
popular
terriers
in
the
British
Isles.
This
fact
taken
into
consideration,
it
is
interesting
to
reflect
that
thirty
years
ago
the
"Dare-Devil"
was
virtually
unknown
in
England.
Idstone,
in
his
book
on
dogs,
published
in
1872
did
not
give
a
word
of
mention
to
the
breed,
and
dog
shows
had
been
instituted
sixteen
years
before
a
class
was
opened
for
the
Irish
Terrier.
The
dog
existed,
of
course,
in
its
native
land.
It
may
indeed
be
almost
truthfully
said
to
have
existed
"as
long
as
that
country
has
been
an
island."
About
the
year
1875,
experts
were
in
dispute
over
the
Irish
Terrier,
and
many
averred
that
his
rough
coat
and
length
of
hair
on
forehead
and
muzzle
were
indubitable
proof
of
Scotch
blood.
His
very
expression,
they
said,
was
Scotch.
But
the
argument
was
quelled
by
more
knowing
disputants
on
the
other
side,
who
claimed
that
Ireland
had
never
been
without
her
terrier,
and
that
she
owed
no
manner
of
indebtedness
to
Scotland
for
a
dog
whose
every
hair
was
essentially
Irish.
In
the
same
year
at
a
show
held
in
Belfast
a
goodly
number
of
the
breed
were
brought
together,
notable
among
them
being
Mr.
D.
O'Connell's
Slasher,
a
very
good-looking
wire-coated
working
terrier,
who
is
said
to
have
excelled
as
a
field
and
water
dog.
Slasher
was
lint
white
in
colour,
and
reputed
to
be
descended
from
a
pure
white
strain.
Two
other
terriers
of
the
time
were
Mr.
Morton's
Fly
(the
first
Irish
Terrier
to
gain
a
championship)
and
Mr.
George
Jamison's
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