102 Modern Dogs. 



An excessive size of the aural appendages is not 

 an attribute of the terrier proper, any more than are 

 the hound markings. I am inclined to believe that 

 if ever there was an original terrier he had semi-erect 

 ears, which, standing quite upright at times, were, 

 when their owner came to be at work, thrown back 

 into the hair of the neck, which for purposes of pro- 

 tection Nature provided stronger and more profuse 

 there than on any other part of the body. To a 

 great extent fancy has outdone Nature in this 

 respect, and few of the terriers seen winning on the 

 benches now have that strong, muscular, hair- 

 protected neck required for thorough workers. 

 Neatness and quality are sought. In nine cases out 

 of ten where a dog show man possesses a fox terrier 

 with a greater profusion of hair on the neck than 

 elsewhere on the body, it would be taken off in order 

 that a neatness and cleanness there would better 

 attract the eye of the judge. 



The popularity of the fox terrier commenced to 

 make itself apparent some thirty years or so ago, 

 and during the decade which immediately followed 

 that date its progress in the estimation of the 

 people was phenomenal. Those days are still 

 spoken of as the " good old times," and so long as 

 a dog was white, with a patch of black or brown or 

 tan on him even brindle was not then considered 



