122 FOX TERRIERS, SMOOTH AND WIRE 



nished me witn the following description of the 

 present-day dogs, and I cannot do better than give 

 his own words : 



" From the portraits of the smooth and wire 

 champions illustrated in these pages, readers should 

 be able to form a fairly correct idea of the modern 

 Fox Terrier. That of Champion * Donna Fortuna ' 

 may be considered as an almost perfect ' forend,' 

 showing this well-known terrier to have the long, 

 punishing head of the b'reed, with small, perfectly 

 carried ears, lengthy, muscular neck', and well-placed 

 shoulders, with the perfect legs, feet, and bone so 

 highly prized by breeders and exhibitors of this 

 terrier. From the illustration of the wire -hair, 

 champion 'Dusky Cracker,' in back, loin, and quarters 

 it will be noted there is substance and strength, with 

 liberty as apart from cloddiness. Many years ago 

 when the points of this breed were under discussion, 

 it was suggested by more than one well-known judge 

 of horse and hound that the Fox Terrier for work 

 should be bred as nearly as possible on the lines 

 of the short -legged 13 to 14 stone hunter, than 

 which no more symmetrical animal lives, except per- 

 haps the Foxhound. This has been kept in view 

 for a period now approaching half a century, with 

 the result that the breed has grown in favour and 

 popularity, not only throughout the United Kingdom, 

 but all the world over. There have been times when 

 the craze for one point or another has carried judges 

 somewhat off the line, and certain qualities have been 

 given an exaggerated value, and terriers have found 

 their way into the prize-lists from their excellence 

 in one or two points only, which threatened serious 

 danger to the breed ; but, as a rule, the terrier 



