120 The Fox Terrier. 



Venio is likewise a very good dog ; he has attained 

 champion honours, and he "wears" well. Lyons Sting, 

 though perhaps not so well known as the others, was 

 undoubtedly a bitch of high class, and, to my mind, 

 one of the two best of her sex which appeared on 

 the show bench during 1893-4. D'Orsay, by his suc- 

 cesses for so many years, claims a right to appear in 

 these pages ; so does his kennel companion Dame Fortune, 

 because she was the best bitch in 1894, and until Donna 

 Fortuna came out and did even better than her dam. 

 Of Dreadnought's good qualities less is known, owing to 

 his early retirement from the bench, but Duchess of Durham 

 by never getting beaten by one of her sex up to the time 

 this is being written — early in 1902 — her qualifications as 

 one of the best of her race cannot be gainsaid. However, 

 the portraits of all are good, and my readers can make their 

 own selection, compare the old style with the new, and, 

 when they have done so, perhaps interest may be found in 

 bringing any or all of them alongside the description and 

 points of the smooth fox terrier as drawn up and adopted 

 by the Fox Terrier Club. These are as follows : 



1. Head. — The Skull should be flat and moderately 

 narrow, and gradually decreasing in width to the eyes. 

 Not much " stop " should be apparent, but there should be 

 more dip in the profile between the forehead and top jaw 

 than is seen in the case of a greyhound. 



The Cheeks must not be full. 



The Ears should be V-shaped and small, 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 ; should be of fair punishing strength, but not so 



