110 The Fox Terrier. 



average. These measurements were made in accordance 

 with the figures on the diagram on the preceding page. 



The averages thus obtained from the forty terriers were 

 as follows : 



From tip of nose to corner of eve (AB) 2 Jin. 



From corner of eye to occiput (BC) 4iHn. 



From occiput to shoulder (CE) 5 J in. 



From shoulder to root of stern (EG) 1 3^ in. 



Round muzzle under eye (BT) ?i' m - 



Round skull (CT) i2|4n. 



Round neck (DS) i2fin. 



Round shoulder (ER ) 2of in. 



Round chest (EM) 2o|in. 



Round loins (FL) i&t-in. 



Round forehand (Q) 5 in. 



Round pastern (P) 3-f in. 



Round hind pastern (I) 2 Jin. 



Height (E to ground) 1 \\ in. 



Hock (J to ground) 4^in. 



Weight — according to condition 17 to 2olb. 



Rattler, at that time, was in his zenith, and, although 

 there was always a coterie round his bench, ready and 

 willing to pull him to pieces and run him down, he came 

 well through his ordeal of measurement, as the following 

 figures show : From A to B 2 Jin., B to C 3fin., C to E 5^in., 

 E to G I3fin. Round BT 7 iin., TC i2iin., DS 13m., EM 

 2iin., ER 21 Jin., FL 16-Hn. Round Q _j.Jin., round P 3^111., 

 round I 2§in., J to ground 4^-in., weight 2olb., height I5in. 



Buffer, Saxon, General, Diver, Jester II., Bitters, Yorick, 

 and Scamp were among the next best measurers. The 

 longest headed dog was Sarcogen, who measured from 

 the top of the nose to the occiput just 8in. ; but he was a 

 dog weighing 231b., thus far too big, and otherwise he was 

 ungainly in shape. His head was not only of this great 



