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Modern Dogs. 



The following is the description issued by the 

 Irish Terrier Club : 



POSITIVE POINTS. 



Value. 

 Head, jaw, teeth, and 



eyes 15 



Ears 5 



Legs and feet 10 



Neck 5 



Shoulders and chest ... 10 



Back and loin 10 



Hind quarters and stern 10 



Coat 15 



Colour 10 



Size and symmetry ... 10 



NEGATIVE POINTS. 



Value. 

 White nails, toes, 



and feet minus 10 



Much white on 



chest 10 



Ears cropped ... 5 

 Mouth undershot 



or cankered ... 10 

 Coat shaggy, 



curly, or soft... 10 

 Uneven in colour 5 



100 50 



DISQUALIFYING POINTS : Nose cherry or red. Brindle colour. 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



" Head. Long; skull flat, and rather narrow 

 between ears, getting slightly narrower towards the 

 eye ; free from wrinkle ; stop hardly visible, except 

 in profile. The jaw must be strong and muscular, 

 but not too full in the cheek, and of a good punish- 

 ing length, but not so fine as a white English 

 terrier's. There should be a slight falling away 

 below the eye, so as not to have a greyhound 

 appearance. Hair on face of same description as 

 on body, but short (about a quarter of an inch 



