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the same advantage as to colour when the dog's services 

 are required for rabbit-hunting. Smooth terriers may be 

 found of other colours — yellow, yellow and white, hound- 

 pied, black, or fawn. A beautiful blue or blue-fawn 

 variety exists, said to be crossed with the Italian grey- 

 hound. Brindle colour is a sign of bulldog cross. Coat 

 and colour, 10; symmetry, as in the bull terrier, 10. 

 Whether coloured or white, his coat should be smooth yet 

 hard, and he should be perfectly free from the very least 

 roughness, or anything approaching coarseness of coat, 

 about his muzzle, eyebrows, thighs, or any part of his 

 profile. 



The Black and Tan English Terrier should 

 have a long fine muzzle, not underhung, but, if anything, 

 the upper jaw projecting over the lower. The skull should 

 be flat and narrow between the ears ; the eye must be small 

 and black ; the nose black; the ears, if not left on, must 

 be well cropped, erect, and long ; if entire, they should 

 be small, not tuliped, and free from any tan behind. The 

 neck tapering, muscular, and we'll cut under the lower jaw. 

 The shoulders deep and well set back. The loins strong, 

 ribs round, and the back ribs deep, the body well knit to- 

 gether. The legs straight, the feet round and small. The 

 tail must be fine, carried straight, and not curled. The 

 colour, which is a principal point, must be raven black, 

 with rich mahogany tan, well pencilled on each toe ; the 

 tan should be clear, and free from any admixture of black. 

 Above the eyes there should be a distinct spot of tan. 

 The body should be black, with a rich tan on the fore-legs 

 half-way up them. The breast should have two distinct 

 marks of tan. The jaw should also be well tanned up the 

 gullet, and the cheek divided, having a small tan spot a 

 little less than that over the eyes. The upper jaw should 

 also be nicely tanned, and run in conformity with the tan- 

 ning on the lower jaw. The hind legs should be perfectly 

 free from tan on the outside, but on the inside there should 

 be some tan. The vent should have a small tan spot, and 

 there should also be tan half-way up the tail. 



The weight varies from 10 lbs. to 25 lbs. 



The points : Colour, coat, and correct markings, 40 ; 



