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THE BOSTON TERRIER 



5 TAIL: Set-on low; short, fine 10 TAIL: Set-on low, short, fine 



and tapering; straight or screw; and tapering, devoid of fringe or 



devoid of fringe or coarse hair, coarse hair, and not carried 



and not carried above horizontal. above the horizontal. 



TAIL FAULTS: A long or gaily 

 carried tail ; extremely gnarled or 

 curled against body. 

 (Note: The preferred tail should 

 not exceed in length approximate- 

 ly half the distance from set-on to 

 hock.) 



4 COLOR: Brindle with white 8 COLOR: Any color, brindle, 

 markings. evenly marked with white, 



strongly preferred. 



10 IDEAL MARKINGS: White muz- 4 MARKINGS: White muzzle, 



zle, even white blaze over head, blaze on face, collar, chest and 



collar, breast, part or whole of feet, 

 forelegs and hindlegs below hocks. 



COLOR AND MARKINGS 

 FAULTS: All white; absence of 

 white markings ; preponderance of 

 white on body; without the proper 

 proportion of brindle and white 

 on head; or any variations de- 

 tracting from the general appear- 

 ance. 



COAT: Short, smooth, bright 3 

 and fine in texture. 

 COAT FAULTS: Long or coarse; 

 lacking lustre. 



COAT: Fine in texture, short, 

 bright and not too hard. 



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100 



WEIGHTS: Not exceeding 27 

 pounds, divided as follows: 

 Lightweight: Under 17 pounds. 

 Middleweight: 17 and not ex- 



WEIGHT: Lightweight class, 12 

 and not to exceed 17 pounds; 

 middleweight class, 17 and not 

 to exceed 22 pounds; heavy- 



