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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Very
justly
is
he
classed
among
the
sporting
dogs.
He
is
a
born
sportsman,
and
of
his
pluck
it
were
superfluous
to
speak.
Fear
is
unknown
to
him.
In
this
characteristic
as
in
all
others,
he
is
truly
a
son
of
Erin.
CHAPTER
XXXVII
THE
WELSH
TERRIER
This
breed
is
near
akin
to
the
wire-hair
Fox-terrier,
the
principal
differences
being
merely
of
colour
and
type.
The
Welsh
Terrier
is
a
wire-haired
black
or
grizzle
and
tan.
The
most
taking
colouring
is
a
jet
black
body
and
back
with
deep
tan
head,
ears,
legs,
belly,
and
tail.
Several
specimens
have,
however,
black
foreheads,
skulls,
ears,
and
tail,
and
the
black
will
frequently
be
seen
also
extending
for
a
short
way
down
the
legs.
There
must
be
no
black,
however,
below
the
hock,
and
there
must
be
no
substantial
amount
of
white
anywhere;
a
dog
possessing
either
of
these
faults
is,
according
to
the
recognised
standard
of
the
breed,
disqualified.
Many
of
the
most
successful
bench
winners
have,
nevertheless,
been
possessed
of
a
little
white
on
the
chest
and
even
a
few
hairs
of
that
colour
on
their
hind
toes,
and,
apparently,
by
the
common
consent
of
all
the
judges
of
the
breed,
they
have
been
in
nowise
handicapped
for
these
blemishes.
There
are
not
so
many
grizzle
coloured
Welsh
Terriers
now
as
there
used
to
be.
A
grizzle
and
tan
never
looks
so
smart
as
a
black
and
tan;
but
though
this
is
so,
if
the
grizzle
is
of
a
dark
hard
colour,
its
owner
should
not
be
handicapped
as
against
a
black
and
tan;
if,
on
the
contrary,
it
is
a
washed-out,
bluish-looking
grizzle,
a
judge
is
entitled
to
handicap
its
possessor,
apart
altogether
from
the
fact
that
any
such
colour
on
the
back
is
invariably
accompanied
by
an
objectionable
light
tan
on
the
legs,
the
whole
being
a
certain
sign
of
a
soft,
silky,
unterrierlike
coat.
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