110 The Fox Terrier. 



pastern. Both fore and hind legs should be carried 

 straight forward in travelling, the stifles not turned out- 

 wards. The elbows should hang perpendicularly to the 

 body, working free of the side. 



FEET. Should be round, compact, and not large. The 

 soles hard and tough. The toes moderately arched, and 

 turned neither in nor out. 



8. COAT. Should be straight, flat, smooth, hard, dense, 

 and abundant. The belly and under side of the thighs 

 should not be bare. 



COLOUR. White should predominate ; brindle, red, or 

 liver markings are objectionable. Otherwise this point is 

 of little or no importance. 



9. SYMMETRY, SIZE, AND CHARACTER. The dog must 

 present a generally gay, lively, and active appearance ; 

 bone and strength in a small compass are essentials ; but 

 this must not be taken to mean that a fox terrier should be 

 cloggy, or in any way coarse speed and endurance must 

 be looked to as well as power, and the symmetry of the 

 foxhound taken as a model. The terrier, like the hound, 

 must on no account be leggy, nor must he be too short in 

 the leg. He should stand like a cleverly-made hunter, 

 covering a lot of ground, yet with a short back, as before 

 stated. He will then attain the highest degree of propelling 

 power, together with the greatest length of stride that is 

 compatible with the length of his body. Weight is not a 

 certain criterion of a terrier's fitness for his work 

 general shape, size, and contour are the main points ; and 

 if a dog can gallop and stay, and follow his fox up a drain, 

 it matters little what his weight is to a pound or so. 

 Though, roughly speaking, it may be said he should not 

 scale over 2olb. in show condition. 



