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Ears. Moderately large, well forward, flat to the cheek, 

 thinly covered, and tipped with fine, silky hair. They 

 should be filbert- shaped. 



Legs. Of moderate length, not wide apart, straight and 

 square set, and with good- sized feet, which are rather long. 



Tail. Thick at root, tapering to point, slightly feath- 

 ered on lower side, nine inches to eleven inches long, and 

 scimiter-shaped. 



Neck and shoulders. Neck long, deep at base, rising 

 well from shoulders, which should be flat. 



Body. Long and well-proportioned, flat -ribbed, and 

 deep, not wide in chest; slightly arched back, well ribbed 

 up, with light quarters. 



Coat. Hard, with close bottom, and not lying flat to 

 sides. 



Color. Dark blue, blue and tan, liver, liver and tan, 

 sandy, sandy and tan. 



Height. About fifteen to sixteen inches. 



Weight. Dogs, about twenty-four pounds; bitches, 

 about twenty-two pounds. 



General appearance. He is a light made-up, lathy dog, 

 but not shelly. 



Pickett preferred the silky top-knot to be darker than 

 the rest of the coat, but later fanciers prefer the reverse. 

 The muzzle should be rather narrow, but very deep. There 

 should be no cheekiness, but the strong jaw muscles should 

 be there all the same. The ears should hang low, leaving a 

 clear outline of the head. The position and size of the 

 eyes minimize the chance of damage to those organs. 

 When not trimmed for a show, there is no deficiency on the 

 neck of the protected hair needed by a real working Ter- 

 rier. Of the various genuine Bedlington colors, the blue- 

 black has been of late years preferred, the liver-colored dogs 

 being but rarely seen at the shows, and the other colors 

 hardly at all; but there is at present a movement in Eng- 

 land to bring in the livers again, and they, in fact, were in 

 the old days of the fancy the favorites. 



Beauty is not usually claimed for Bedlingtons, but if we 



