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been tolerated in champions a few years since, and so 

 bad are the feet becoming, that judges and breeders 

 are inclined to satisfy themselves with a lower 

 standard of excellence. Two other points breeders 

 have to consider are coat and size abolish the soft, 

 profuse coat from your kennels, and try to Breed 

 hard, dense coats, hard, neat bone, and keep the 

 size as near as possible to 17 lb., in both dogs 

 and bitches. You may be told that in some parts 

 of England the earths are big enough to work terriers 

 of 20 lb. and upwards, but you will find the 17 lb. 

 dog do better because he can follow his quarry more 

 easily to ground, and his size enables him to work 

 better round the corners and turns of an earth, and 

 to meet the rushes of the enemy when at close 

 quarters." 



