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he can make himself generally useful, he is popalar also 

 with the groom and the workman. The first cross is 

 generally too much like the bulldog, but the second shows 

 in perfection all the attributes required for the purpose I 

 am alluding to. In weight he varies from 9 lbs. up to 

 35 lbs., or more. In general appearance he resembles 

 the terrier, except that he is wider across his skull, 

 and possesses more strength and stamina. 



His head should be long, the muzzle sharp, the jaw 

 level — not underhung, which is a disfigurement, and also 

 prevents a dog punishing his adversary. The tmder-Jaw 

 should display great power, and the neck should be long. 

 Head, 25 points; neck and ears, 10. 



The chest is wide, the shoulders sloping and powerful, 

 the loin and back strong, the hind quarters and thighs 

 muscular. The tail should be fine and sting-like, but not 

 bare; carried gaily, but not *' hooped." Chest, 10; 

 shoulders, 10; loin, 10; tail, 5. 



The feet and legs should resemble those of the hound 

 in shape. Value, 10. 



The coat throughout is fine and short, and it should lie 

 smoothly, as in a well-dressed race horse. Pure white, 

 with a black nose and eye, is the most approved colour. 

 Next in merit I should place white with coloured ears, or 

 a patch on the eyes. I believe all the best judges enter- 

 tain a strong preference for the white dog ; but in any 

 case the colour should be " whole," that is, unmixed with 

 white, unless the dog be all white, which is, in that case, 

 considered a " whole " colour. If coloured, it should be 

 either red, red-smut (that is, red with black muzzle), fawn 

 or fawn-smut, fallow or fallow-smut, brindled, white, blue- 

 fawn (that is, fawn with blue muzzle), or pied with any of 

 those colours. Coat and colour, 10; symmetry, 10. 



A loving and gentle temperament is of great importance. 



The family of Pure Terriers is a large one, and includes 

 besides the " toys," the Scotch, Skye, and Dandie Din- 

 mont in Scotland, the Bedlington in the north, and the 

 various strains of smooth terriers in England. Of late 

 years the Scotch broken-haired dog has been by selection 

 converted into an animal possessing a silky and compara- 



