380 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



be strong in bone throughout, short and straight in pastern. 

 Both fore and hind legs should be carried straight forward 

 in traveling, the stifles not turning outward. The elbows 

 should hang perpendicularly to the body, working free of 

 the sides. 



Feet should be round, compact, and not large; the 

 soles hard and tough; the toes moderately arched, and 

 turned neither in nor out. 



Goat should be smooth, flat, but hard, dense, and 

 abundant. The belly and under side of the thighs should 

 not be bare. 



Color. White should predominate; brindle, red, or liver 

 markings are objectionable. Otherwise this point is of lit- 

 tle or no importance. 



Symmetry , size, and character. The dog must present 

 a generally gay, lively, and active appearance; bone and 

 strength in a small compass are essentials, but this must 

 not be taken to 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, like the Hound, must on 

 no account be leggy, nor must t he be too short in the leg. 

 He should stand like a cleverly made hunter, covering a lot 

 of ground, yet with a short back, as before stated. He will 

 then attain the highest degree of propelling power together 

 with the greatest length of stride that is compatible with 

 the length of his body. Weight is not a certain criterion 

 of a Terrier' s fitness for his work general shape, size, and 

 contour are the main points; and if a dog can gallop and 

 stay, and follow his fox up a drain, it matters little what 

 his weight is to a pound or so, though, roughly speaking, it 

 may be said that he should not scale over twenty pounds in 

 show condition. 



WIEE-HAIEED FOX TERRIER. 



This variety of the breed should resemble the smooth 

 sort in every respect except the coat, which should be 

 broken. The harder and more wiry the texture of the 



