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said to have been found dead in a drain in which the 

 Hounds had run a fox. The drain had three entrances; the 

 father was put in at one hole, the son at another, and speed- 

 ily the fox bolted out at the third, but no appearance of the 

 little Terriers, and on digging they were found dead, locked 

 in each other's jaws. They had met, and it being dark, 

 and there being no time for explanations, they had throttled 

 each other. 



In closing, I must say that anyone wishing a hardy 

 Terrier, one fit for all kinds of work, a companion for him- 

 self or children, can not find anything better than a Dandie 

 Dinmont. The more they become known, the more their 

 merits will be appreciated. I speak from years of experi- 

 ence with this breed, having imported some of the finest 

 blood known; and more Dandies have passed through my 

 hands, and more prizes have been won by my dogs, than by 

 those of all other breeders in America combined. 



Following is the standard of points of the Dandie Din- 

 mont Terrier as defined and adopted by the South of Scot- 

 land Dandie Dinmont Terrier Society. The relative values 

 of several points in the standard are apportioned as follows: 



Value. Value. 



Head 10 Legs and feet 10 



Eyes 10 Coat 15 



Ears 10 Color 5 



Neck 5 Size and weight 5 



Body 20 General appearance 5 



Tail 5 



Total 100 



Head. Strongly made and large, not out of proportion 

 to the dog's size, the muscles showing extraordinary de- 

 velopment, more especially the maxillary. Skull broad 

 between the ears, getting gradually less toward the eyes, 

 and measuring about the same from the inner corner of the 

 eye to back of skull as it does from ear to ear. The fore- 

 head well domed. The head is covered with very soft, silky 

 hair, which should not be confined to a mere top-knot, and 

 the lighter in color and silkier it is the better. The cheeks, 

 starting from the ears proportionately with the skull, have 

 a gradual taper toward the muzzle, which is deep and 



