Part 30

NECK.—Clean, muscular, without throatiness, of fair length, and gradually widening to shoulders.

SHOULDERS AND CHEST.—Shoulders long and sloping, well laid back, clearly cut at withers; chest deep and not broad.

BACK.—Short, straight, and strong, with no appearance of slackness.

LOINS.—Powerful and very slightly arched. Fore ribs moderately arched; back ribs deep. The dog should be well ribbed up.

HIND QUARTERS.—Strong, muscular, quite free from droop or crouch; thighs long and powerful; hocks near the ground.

STERN.—Set on rather high, carried gaily, but not over back or curled; of good strength, anything approaching a “pipe-stopper” tail being especially objectionable.

LEGS.—Straight, showing little or no appearance of ankle in front; strong in bone, short and straight in pastern. Both fore and hind legs carried straight forward in traveling; stifles not turning outward; elbows perpendicular to the body.

FEET.—Round, compact, not large; soles hard and tough; toes moderately arched, and turned neither in nor out.

COAT.—Smooth, flat, hard, dense, and abundant. Belly and under side of thighs should not be bare.

COLOR.—White should predominate; brindle, red, or liver markings are objectionable.

SYMMETRY, SIZE, AND CHARACTER.—The dog must present a generally gay, lively, and active appearance. Bone and strength in a small compass, but this does not mean that a fox-terrier should be cloggy or in any way coarse. Speed and endurance must be looked to as well as power, and the symmetry of the foxhound taken as a model. The terrier must on no account be leggy, nor must it be too short in leg. It should stand like a cleverly made hunter, covering a lot of ground, yet with a short back.

WEIGHT is not a certain criterion of a terrier’s fitness for its work; general shape, size, and contour are the main points; it should not scale over 20 pounds in show condition.

THE TERRIER (FOX, WIRE-HAIRED).

THORNFIELD KNOCKOUT.]

With the exception of the coat, which should be broken, the origin, uses, and scale of points of this breed are identical with the smooth-coated variety.

The harder and more wiry the texture of the coat is, the better. The dog should not look nor feel woolly, and there should be no silky hair. The coat should not be too long, but it should show a marked difference from the smooth species.

THE TERRIER (IRISH).

DUNMURRY.]

ORIGIN.—Mr. George R. Krehl, editor of the London (England) “Stockkeeper” and English vice-president of the Irish Terrier Club, says this is a true and distinct breed, indigenous to Ireland, and that no man can trace its origin, which is lost in antiquity.

USES.—Rabbiting, and as a vermin-dog.

* SCALE OF POINTS, ETC.

Value. Head, jaws, teeth, and eyes 15 Ears 5 Legs and feet 10 Neck 5 Shoulders and chest 10 Back and loins 10 Hind quarters and stern 10 Coat 15 Color 10 Size and symmetry 10 --- Total 100

Negative Points.

White nails, toes, and feet 10 Much white on chest 10 Ears cropped 5 Mouth undershot 10 Coat shaggy or curly 10 Uneven in color 5 --- Total 50

HEAD.—Long; skull flat, rather narrow between ears, free from wrinkle; stop hardly visible. Jaws strong, muscular, but not too full in cheek, and of good punishing length. There should be a slight falling away below the eye, so as not to have a greyhound appearance. Hair on face same description as on body: short (about ¼ inch long), almost smooth and straight; a slight beard is permissible, and that is characteristic. Teeth strong and level. Lips not so tight as a bull-terrier’s, but well fitting. Nose black. Eyes dark hazel, small, not prominent, full of life, fire, and intelligence. Ears, when uncut, small and V-shaped, of moderate thickness, set well up, dropping forward close to cheek, free from fringe, and hair thereon shorter and generally darker in color than the body.

NECK.—Fair length, gradually widening toward shoulders, free from throatiness, with a slight sort of frill at each side of neck, running nearly to corner of ear, which is characteristic.

SHOULDERS AND CHEST.—Shoulders must be fine, long, sloping; chest deep, muscular, but neither full nor wide.

BACK AND LOINS.—Body moderately long; back strong, straight, with no appearance of slackness; loins broad, powerful, slightly arched; ribs fairly sprung, rather deep than round.