98 The Fox Terrier. 



the heights and weights, of some forty of the principal fox 

 terriers at that time, and from them struck a general 

 average. These measurements were made in accordance 

 with the figures on the diagram on the preceding page. 



The averages thus obtained from the forty terriers were 

 as follows : 



From tip of nose to corner of eye (AB) 2|in. 



From corner of eye to occiput (BC) 4f in. 



From occiput to shoulder (CE) 5 Jin. 



From shoulder to root of stern (EG) 



Round muzzle under eye (BT) 



Round skull (CT) i2|in. 



Round neck (DS) i 2 |in. 



Round shoulder (ER) 2ojin. 



Round chest (EM) 2o|in. 



Round loins (FL) iSJin. 



Round forehand (Q) 5 in. 



Round pastern (P) 3! in. 



Round hind pastern (I) 2 Jin. 



Height (E to ground) i4iin. 



Hock (J to ground) 4^in. 



Weight according to condition 1 7 to 2olb. 



Rattler, at that time, was in his zenith, and, although 

 there was always a coterie around his bench, ready and 

 willing to pull him to pieces and run him down, he came 

 well through his ordeal of measurement, as the following 

 figures show : From A to B 2f in., B to C 3! in., C to E 5Jin., 

 E to G I3fin. Round BT yjin., TC I2jin., DS i3in., EM 

 2iin., ER 2i|in., FL i6Jin. Round Q 4fin., round P 3iin., 

 round I 2fin., J to ground 4|in., weight 2olb., height i5in. 



Buffer, Saxon, General, Diver, Jester II., Bitters, Yorick, 

 and Scamp were among the next best measurers. The 

 longest headed dog was Sarcogen, who measured Sin. in 

 all; he was a 23lb. dog, far too big, and otherwise ungainly 



