The Bull Terrier. . 359 



nose large and black. Eyes small and black, with black edged eyelids 

 for choice. The upper lip should be as tight over the jaw as possible, 

 any superfluous skin or approach to chop being undesirable. The 

 under lip should also be small. The teeth should be regular in shape, 

 meeting exactly without any deviation from the straight line. A pig 

 jaw is as great a fault as being under hung. 



The ears are always cropped for show purposes, and the degree of 

 perfection with which this has been accomplished is generally considered. 

 They should be brought to a fine point and exactly match. In their 

 uncropped state they vary a good deal in shape, and seldom reach their 

 full proportion till after teething. 



The neck should be rather long and gracefully set into the shoulders, 

 from which it should taper to the head, without any throatiness or 

 approach to dewlap, as in the bulldog. 



Shoulders and chest. The shoulders should be strong and slanting, 

 with a wide and deep chest, but the last ribs are not very deep, though 

 brought well back towads the hips. 



The back should be short, and well furnished with muscle, running 

 forward between the shoulder blades in a firm bundle on each side. 



The legs. The fore legs should be long and perfectly straight, the 

 elbows lying in the same plane as the shoulder points, and not outside 

 them, as in the bulldog. The hind legs should also be long and 

 muscular, with straight hocks well let down, i.e., near the ground. 



The feet are rather long than catlike ; but they should be well 

 arched and close together. 



The coat must be short and close, but hard rather than silky, though 

 when in show condition it should shine from constant friction. 



The colour for show purposes, must be pure white, though there are 

 many well-shaped dogs of other colours. This is, however, purely a 

 fancy breed, and as such there is not the slightest reason why an 

 arbitrary rule should not be made, as it was without doubt in this case, 

 and it is useless to show a dog of any other colour. . 



The tail or stern, should be set on low, fine in bone, and carried 

 straight out, without any curl over the back. 



Of symmetry this dog shows a considerable amount, all his points 

 being agreeable to the eye of the artist. Any deviation from a due 

 proportion should therefore be punished accordingly. 



