MR. R.ZDMOND ON FOX TERRIERS, 2Q5 



and muscular, with little if any fulness or bulging out at the cheeks. There is a very slight 

 falling away below the eyes, but this must be very gradual, and not to such an extent as to 

 give a snipy or wedgy appearance. 



" The lips should be fairly tight, without any superfluous skin. 



" The nose must be quite black. 



"The eyes should be small, not set too wide apart, neither too much sunk in skull or 

 protruding, dark rimmed, full of fire, life, and intelligence. 



"The teeth should be strong and level, the incisors of the upper jaw just closing over 

 the under ones. 



"The ears, a point to which great value has always been attached, should be V-shaped, 

 moderately small, of good serviceable thickness, to stand work in hedge-row and covert, and 

 must be carried forward, flat and close to the cheek. 



"The neck should be of fair length, clean and muscular, gracefully set into the shoulders, 

 from which it should gradually taper to the head. 



" The shoulders should be fine at the points, long, and sloping well back, and the chest 

 deep, if anything rather narrow than broad. Shoulders and chest have latterly rightly received 

 greater attention at the hands of judges, much to the improvement of the breed ; heavy- 

 shouldered or broad-chested dogs are useless as Fox-terriers. 



" Back and loin. -"Back should be straight and strong, the ribs well sprung, the loin strong, 

 wide and square, the back ribs deep ; the loin may be in the smallest degree arched, but there 

 must not be the slightest approach to wheel-back. 



" The hind-quarters must be very strong, and wide when viewed from behind, the thighs 

 showing plenty of muscle, being long as well as large, stifles slightly bent, the hocks straight, 

 and the bone from hock to heel short and strong. 



" The stern should be set on rather high, and carried gaily, but should not be raised 

 beyond a right angle with the back ; it should, if anything, be a trifle coarse. 



"Legs and feet. A point of extreme value, and one to which the greatest attention must 

 be given. The elbows must be well let down, and in a straight line with the body, the fore- 

 legs, viewed in any direction, must be as straight as gun-barrels, with upright and powerful 

 pasterns ; they must be strong in bone, and clothed regularly with muscle from elbow to foot, 

 giving a most solid and unbroken appearance ; the feet should be round and cat-like, very 

 compact, toes short and only moderately arched, the sole as hard as adamant ; the foot should 

 neither turn in or out, but if any deviation it should turn in ; there should be no dew-claws 

 behind. 



"The coat should be smooth, harsh in texture, very close and abundant a jacket to 

 protect the wearer from all weathers. 



"Colour. White should predominate. Brindle, fallow, liver, or red markings are objec- 

 tionable. 



" Size. The Fox-terrier must neither be leggy or too near the ground, neither must he 

 be cloddy, but should have plenty of liberty and galloping power, with good bone and sub- 

 stance, fair speed and endurance being essentially requisite for his legitimate calling. Seventeen 

 pounds in hard working condition is a fair average weight, but this may vary a pound or so 

 either way make and shape, good shoulders and chest, being a far more certain criterion in 

 this respect than actual weight. 



" The following points of the Fox-terrier have met with general endorsement, and are, I 

 think, incapable of improvement : 



