Herbert, of Cardiff, who has brought out many good specimens and often judged this variety, and last, but not least by a long way, Mr.

Edwardes-Ker, Colonel Platt, Major Johnston, and Messrs. Drew and Colonel Savage (both of Bangor), Messrs. Their size and character make them suitable for house, stable, or kennel, and they deservedly enjoy a great deal of popularity both in and out of their native land.Īmongst early supporters of the variety may be mentioned Mr. Welsh Terriers make bright, cheerful companions and sharp housedogs, and they are able and willing to do any work required of them as Terriers, being very active and fond of sport. The Welsh Terrier may be said to have a good deal of the general appearance of a Wire-haired Fox-terrier, but is rather shorter and broader in head, with small drop ears, and in colour almost invariably shades of black or dark grizzle on head and the upper parts of body and tail, with the muzzle, chest, rest of the body, legs, and feet marked with tan, more or less hound-like in shade. Many hundreds have appeared in subsequent volumes, and there are few varieties of the great Terrier family that have made such advances in uniformity of type and quality since that period. XIII, published in 1886, and that contains those registered in 1885. It was somewhere about 1884, as none of them are registered in the Kennel Club Stud Books until Vol. It will be well within the memory of many of the older fanciers when classes were first provided for the national Terrier of Wales at some of the shows. Nor do they allow their enthusiasm to run riot when they claim this dog as of Wales originally for notwithstanding the fact that some of the most noteworthy specimens have been bred in England, there are fanciers who remember them in the Principality long ere they were taken up here. The writer, having both shown and judged on many occasions in the Principality, can truthfully say that he does not remember anywhere to have seen such excitement and enthusiasm as at some of the Welsh shows. Although to many readers it may not be known, it is nevertheless a fact that our Welsh neighbours are very keen dog-fanciers.

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