5i8 The Dog Book 



black and tan he is not a colour breed in the sense that the smooth black 

 and tan is, and he varies to grizzle in back, while the tan varies in depth of 

 colour. In other words, colour is a secondary consideration to character 

 and conformation, though the standard bears evidence of novice handiwork 

 in laying too much stress on some very minor colour points, such for instance 

 as black below the hocks disqualifying, while white on the feet does not. 



Of late we have seen an inclination to admit rather large dogs to 

 high honours and this we think a mistake. The size of this terrier should 

 be carefully looked after as an important feature of the breed. Large dogs 

 have their use and place as producers of good constitution, but that does 

 not necessarily include blue ribbons in the show ring. The standard we 

 quote gives the average weight at twenty-two pounds, and that is decidedly 

 too high, in fact it should be the top limit of weight for this breed. 



The following standard is that of the Welsh Terrier Club of America 

 which has been altered from that of the English club, strange to say, at 

 the suggestion of a prominent Englishman, who presumably having been 

 unable to get his own club to adopt his ideas secured the allegiance of a 

 foreign club through one or two friends. 



Descriptive Particulars 



Head. — ^The skull should be flat and rather wider between the ears than 

 the wire-haired fox terrier, and gradually decreasing in width to the eyes. 

 Not much stop should be apparent. The cheeks must not be full. 



The ears should be V-shaped, small and of moderate thickness and 

 dropping forward close to the cheek, not hanging by the side of the head 

 like a foxhound's. 



The jaw, upper and under, should be strong and muscular, rather 

 deeper and more punishing than that of the fox terrier. 



The nose, toward which the muzzle must gradually taper, should 

 be black, and the distance from the nose to the eye should be at least equal 

 to the distance from the eye to the bone at the top of the forehead. 



The eyes should be dark in colour, small and rather deep set, full of 

 fire, life and intelligence, and, as nearly as possible, circular in shape. 



The teeth should be, as nearly as possible, level, i. e., the upper teeth 

 on the outside of the lower teeth. The teeth not level, either undershot or 

 overshot, should be considered a disqualification. 



