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The Fox Terrier. 



appearance. Still they were brought under certain judges 

 who considered them fox terriers pure and simple, and 

 awarded them honours as such. The gentlemen who 

 officiated in those days could easily enough be numbered 

 on the fingers of one hand, and the "specialist reporter" 

 was not so advanced and independent in his opinions as, 

 for the most part, he is to-day. 



Perhaps, after all, there would be an unpleasant similarity 

 in the fox terrier if each animal were precisely the same in 

 type, character, and appearance as his neighbour. In any 

 case it would be somewhat monotonous for the judge, who 

 would thus have to decide between individuals only so far 

 as straight well-formed limbs, neatly dropping ears, and 

 general symmetry are concerned. 



