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associations formed by men of means and prominence to 

 intelligently perpetuate and improve his type. 



The fancier's first care was, naturally enough, directed 

 to the typical kennel Terrier of the day, keeping in view 

 symmetry and the accepted features of his anatomy which 

 his vocation and selection in breeding had produced. 



In the hands of breeders, and riders of good hunters, 

 and the huntsmen and masters of crack packs of Hounds, 

 the Fox Terrier was in no small degree bred to agree in 

 general conformation and type with both Hunter and 

 Hound; the same hard and continuous work, in all sorts of 

 weather, being required of all three. 



The earlier judges at the shows followed this idea, and 

 the fanciers, through the Fox Terrier Club, later adopted 

 a standard which confirms this, and which has been incor- 

 porated in the rules of the American Fox Terrier Club, and 

 is to-day the standard according to which the Fox Terrier is 

 judged at all shows in the United States and Great Britain. 

 Some twelve years ago a cloddy, short-horn pattern of Ter- 

 rier found a passing support, but was soon dropped with- 

 out greatly damaging the breed. 



STANDARD AND SCALE OF POINTS OF THE AMERICAN FOX 



TERRIER CLUB. 



Value. Value. 



Head and ears 15 Stern 5 



Neck 5 Legs and feet 20 



Shoulders and chest 15 Coat 10 



Back and loin 10 Symmetry and character 15 



Hind quarters 5 



Total 100 



DISQUALIFYING POINTS. 



1. Nose, white, cherry, or spotted to a considerable extent with either of 

 these colors. 



2. Ears, prick, tulip, or rose. 



3. Mouth, much undershot or much overshot. 



The skull should be flat and moderately narrow, and 

 gradually decreasing in width to the eyes. Not much 

 4 i stop ' ' should be apparent, but there should be more dip 

 in the profile between the forehead and top jaw than is seen 

 in the case of a Greyhound. 



The clieeks must not be full. 



