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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Until
about
the
year
1884
no
one
seems
to
have
considered
the
question
of
putting
specimens
of
the
breed
on
the
show
bench.
About
that
year,
however,
several
gentlemen
interested
in
the
variety
met
together
to
see
what
could
be
done
in
connection
with
the
matter,
the
outcome
being
that
the
Welsh
Terrier
Club
was
shortly
afterwards
founded,
the
Kennel
Club
recognised
the
breed,
and
the
terrier
himself
began
his
career
as
a
show
dog.
The
specimens
which
were
first
shown
were,
as
may
be
imagined,
not
a
very
high-class-looking
lot.
Although
the
breed
had
been
kept
pure,
no
care
had
been
taken
in
the
culture
of
it,
except
that
which
was
necessary
to
produce
a
sporting
game
terrier,
able
to
do
its
work.
One
can
readily
understand,
therefore,
that
such
an
entirely
"fancy"
point
as
a
long
foreface
and
narrow,
clean
skull
had
never
been
thought
of
for
a
moment,
and
it
was
in
these
particulars
that
the
Welsh
Terrier
at
first
failed,
from
a
show
point
of
view.
Naturally
enough,
good
shoulders,
sound
hind-quarters,
more
than
fair
legs
and
feet,
and
excellent
jackets
were
to
be
found
in
abundance,
but
as
the
body
was
almost
invariably
surmounted
by
a
very
short
and
wedge-shaped
head
and
jaw,
often
accompanied
with
a
pair
of
heavy,
round
ears,
an
undershot
mouth,
and
a
light,
full
eye,
it
will
be
realised
that
the
general
appearance
of
the
dog
was
not
prepossessing.
The
Welsh
Terrier
to-day
is
very
much
improved
beyond
what
he
was
when
first
put
on
the
bench.
This
improvement
has
been
brought
about
by
careful
and
judicious
breeding
from
nothing
but
pure
bred
specimens.
No
outside
aid
has
been
invoked--at
any
rate
in
the
production
of
any
of
the
best
terriers--and
none
has
been
required.
It
is
a
matter
for
great
congratulation
that
the
breed
has
been
kept
pure
despite
all
temptation
and
exhortation.
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