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Stern. The tail should be stout, and docked; set on 

 rather high, but not raised to a right-angle with .the back. 



Legs and feet. The legs should be straight, and well 

 furnished with bone; the feet round and close, with a thick 

 sole. 



Coat. Rough, or broken, and dense and wiry in texture ; 

 free from lock or curl. 



Color. Dark grizzle back, from occiput to end of tail, 

 extending also down the sides of the body, with dark mark- 

 ings on the side of the skull ; rest of body a good tan, 

 darker on ears than elsewhere. 



Weight. Dogs, forty to forty-five pounds ; bitches, 

 thirty-five to forty pounds. 



Disqualifications. A Dudley nose; white on throat, face, 

 or feet (white on any other part of the body objectionable); 

 a thoroughly bad mouth i. e., minus a number of teeth, and 

 others cankered; also undershot; total blindness (partial 

 blindness objectionable). I may say, parenthetically, that 

 Airedales of the best breeding sometimes weigh as much as 

 sixty pounds. 



