DESCRIPTION ISSUED BY THE IRISH 

 TERRIER CLUB. 



(THE OFFICIAL STANDARD.) 



Positive Points. Value. Negative Points. Value. 



Head, Jaw, Teeth and Eyes 15 While Nails, Toes and Feet 



Ears 5 minus 10 



Legs and Feet 10 Much white on Chest . . 10 



Neck 5 Ears cropped 5 



Shoulders and Chest ... 10 Mouth undershot or can- 

 Back and Loin 10 kered 10 



Hindquarters and Stern . . 10 Coat shaggy, curly or soft . 10 



Coat 13 Uneven in color .... 5 



Color 10 



Size and symmetry ... 10 



100 50 

 I)LSQUALIFVIN(; PuixTS. — Nose, cherry or red. iJrindle color. 



Head. 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



-Long ; skull llat, and rather narrow between ears. 



getting slightly narrower towards the eye ; free from wrinkle : 

 stop hardly visible, except in profile. The jaw must be 

 strong and muscular, but not too full in the cheek, and of a 

 good punishing length, but not so fine as a white English 

 terrier's. There should be a slight falling away below the 



