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quarters, widish and deep chest ; the whole showing a fine muscular 

 development. 



"Legs and Feet. Legs perfectly straight and moderately long; the 

 feet should be rather large, that is a distinguishing mark of the breed ; 

 long claws are also admired. 



"Coat. This is the principal point on which fanciers differ; some 

 prefer a hard wiry coat, which several of the south-country judges ' go 

 in ' for, but the proper hair of these dogs is linty or woolly, with a very 

 slight sprinkling of wire hairs, and this is still the fancy of the majority 

 of north-country breeders. 



"Colour. The original colours of this breed of dogs were blue and tan, 

 livers, and sandies, and these are still the favourite colours of the old 

 breeders. The tan of these dogs is of a pale colour, and differs greatly 

 from the tan of the black and tan English terriers, and the blues 

 should be a proper blue linty, not nearly black, which is sometimes seen 

 now. In all colours the crown of the head should be linty or nearly 

 white, otherwise white is objectionable. 



"Tail. The tail should be of moderate length (Sin. to lOin.), either 

 straight or slightly curved, carried low, and feathered underneath. The 

 tail should by no means be curled or carried high on to the back. 



"Weight. The weight of these dogs varies greatly, but the average 

 is from 181b. to 231b., or at outside about 251b. weight." 



The table on the following pages is a well-authenticated pedigree of 

 Lieut.-Col. John A. Cowan's Bedlington Terrier Ask 'im II., going 

 back to the year 1782, for which I am indebted to the courtesy of 

 the owner. 



I believe such an extended pedigree of a dog of any breed has never 

 before been published. 



