This one is not speaking of the white but solid color and other off colors.
The dog and how to breed, train and keep him
By:
[James, George B., Jr.] [from old catalog]
Publication info:
Boston, Mass.,Walnut publishing co.,1894.
Biodiversity Heritage Library: Information about 'The dog and how to breed, train and keep him. Containing articles on the breeding, training and keeping of the dog, as well as the history, description, and peculiarities of the different breeds by no
Many Yorkshires are "off color," coming with blue back and silver head, or perhaps all silver,
others again all tan and a great many all blue. For all these there is a demand ; they
are all beautiful anyway, and many of our ultra-fashionable ladies like to have just the
dog whose color will harmonize well with a costume or even a complexion, and will take
great pains to secure just the specimen their taste dictates. It may truly be said that
every Yorkshire is valuable, though some are much more so than others.