70 DOMESTICATED IIUNTIXG-DOGS. 



cropped they stand up in a point, and rise nuicli higher than they 

 naturally would. The neck is stroiig, but of a good length ; boay 

 very symmetrical, with powerful short loins, and chest deep rather 

 than wide. Shoulders generally good, and very powerful, so as to 

 enable the terrier to dig away at an earth for hours together with- 

 out fatigue, but they must not be so wide as to prevent him from 

 *' going to ground." Fore legs straight and strong in muscle, 

 but light in bone, and feet round and hare-like. Hind legs straight 

 but powerful. Tail fine, with a decided down carriage. The color 

 of these dogs should be black and tan, which is the only true 

 color ; many are white, slightly marked with black, red, or some- 

 times, but very rarely, blue. The true fox-terrier was generally 

 chosen with as much white as possible, so that he might be readily 

 seen, either coming up after the pack, or when in the fox's earth, 

 in almost complete darkness ; but these were all crossed with the 

 bull dog. Those which are now kept for general purposes are, 

 however, most prized when of the black and tan color, and the 

 more complete the contrast, that is, the richer the black and tan 

 respectively, the more highly the dog is valued, especially if with- 

 out any white. In all cases there should be a small patch of tan 

 over each eye ; the nose and palate should always be black. The 

 toes should be pencilled with black reaching more or less up the 

 leg. In the first volume of the stud book, which chronicles the 

 principal shows for fourteen years, he was simply and properly 

 described as the black and tan terrier, " English " of course being 

 understood ; hut since 1874 they have added to his title, " or Man- 

 Chester Teri-kr:'' The reason for this change I do not know, as 

 the r3Cords of their own stud book do not disclose many names of 

 eminent Manchester breeders or exhibitors besides Mr. Samuel 

 Handlcy, who bred and exhibited some of the best that have been 

 shown, and who is still generally recognized as one of the best 

 judges of them; and, however great an honor it may be +.0 be " Man- 

 chester," it is a greater honor to be English, and, so far as I can 

 see, the change in name was useless and uncalled for, and deroga- 

 tory to the breed. . In addition to Mr. Handley, there were years 

 ago the following celebrated Lancashire breeders : Mr. James Bar- 



