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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
coat
of
the
Welsh
Terrier
slightly
differs
from
that
of
the
wire-hair
Fox-terrier
in
that
it
is,
as
a
rule,
not
so
abundant,
and
is,
in
reality,
a
different
class
of
coat.
It
is
not
so
broken
as
is
that
of
the
Fox-terrier,
and
is
generally
a
smoother,
shorter
coat,
with
the
hairs
very
close
together.
When
accompanied
with
this
there
is
a
dense
undercoat,
one
has,
for
a
terrier
used
to
work
a
good
deal
in
water,
an
ideal
covering,
as
waterproof
almost
as
the
feathers
on
a
duck's
back.
The
other
difference
between
the
Fox
and
Welsh
Terrier--viz.,
type--is
very
hard
to
define.
To
anyone
who
really
understands
Welsh
Terriers,
the
selection
of
those
of
proper
type
from
those
of
wrong
type
presents
little
if
any
difficulty.
As
a
show-bench
exhibit
the
Welsh
Terrier
is
not
more
than
twenty-two
years
old.
He
has,
however,
resided
in
Wales
for
centuries.
There
is
no
doubt
that
he
is
in
reality
identical
with
the
old
black
and
tan
wire-haired
dog
which
was
England's
first
terrier,
and
which
has
taken
such
a
prominent
part
in
the
production
and
evolution
of
all
the
other
varieties
of
the
sporting
terrier.
There
are
several
people
living
in
or
about
Carnarvonshire
who
can
show
that
Welsh
Terriers
have
been
kept
by
their
ancestors
from,
at
any
rate,
a
hundred
to
two
hundred
years
ago.
Notable
among
these
is
the
present
master
of
the
Ynysfor
Otterhounds,
whose
great
grandfather,
John
Jones,
of
Ynysfor,
owned
Welsh
Terriers
in
or
about
the
year
1760.
This
pack
of
Otterhounds
has
always
been
kept
by
the
Jones
of
Ynysfor,
who
have
always
worked
and
still
work
Welsh
Terriers
with
them.
From
this
strain
some
good
terriers
have
sprung,
and
this
although
neither
the
present
master
nor
any
of
his
ancestors
have
concerned
themselves
greatly
about
the
looks
of
their
terriers,
or
kept
anything
but
a
head
record
of
their
pedigrees.
They
are
all,
however,
pure
bred,
and
are
set
much
store
on
by
their
owner
and
his
family,
just
as
they
always
have
been
by
their
predecessors.
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