The Wire-haired Fox Terrier. 153 



old wire-haired strain, is now having its most 

 injurious effect, for, however successful a first cross 

 of this kind, or of any other kind, may be, the 

 succeeding ones seldom or never succeed. Again the 

 modern wire-haired fox terrier requires " trimming" 

 to be shown to advantage; the hair is in fact plucked 

 off his face and from other parts of the body; indeed, 

 one can scarcely say how far this " tittivating " of 

 the show dog does go. I do know that occasions 

 are not isolated where a wire-haired terrier has been 

 purchased, which in a month has grown so much 

 coat as to be scarcely recognisable under his altered 

 conditions. Of course, this cannot be laid down to 

 the " smooth cross," although it may be owing to 

 neglect in the contrary direction a few generations 

 back. It has always been a matter of regret that 

 the Kennel Club has not dealt with the " trimming" 

 or "faking" of some terriers in a high-handed 

 fashion ; as a fact some members of the Fox Terrier 

 Club have been on the point of moving the omission 

 of the wire-haired fox terriers from their books 

 solely on account of the so-called "trimming" to 

 which so many of the variety are subjected. 



The club's points and description are as follows : 



" The wire-haired fox terrier should resemble the 



smooth sort in every respect except the coat, which 



should be broken. The harder and more wiry the 



