66 Modern Dogs. 



in so many instances on smooth coated white dogs 

 of all kinds. The teeth must be perfectly level and 

 sound. They are not always the former, and I 

 rather astonished an exhibitor some years ago when 

 I had his white terrier before me in a " variety class," 

 a dog that had hitherto never been shown without 

 winning a prize. It was, however, undershot, and of 

 course I left it out of the list of winners altogether, 

 nor did the owner consider me wrong in so doing. 



The description of the white English terrier as 

 drawn up by the club is as follows ; the table of 

 points is not issued by the club, but the figures, in 

 my opinion, indicate the numerical value of each 

 property as nearly as possible: 



"Head. Narrow, long and level, almost flat skull, 

 without cheek muscles, wedge-shaped, well filled up 

 under the eyes, tapering to the nose, and not lippy. 



" Eyes. Small and black, set fairly close to- 

 gether, and oblong in shape. 



"Nose. Perfectly black. 



"Ears. Cropped and standing perfectly erect. 



" Neck and Shoulders. The neck should be 

 fairly long and tapering from the shoulders to the 

 head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being free 

 from throatiness, and slightly arched at the occiput. 



" Chest. Narrow and deep. 



" Body. Short and curving upwards at the loin, 



