THE WELSH TERRIER 239 



colour drawback, there is no better terrier to hounds living. 

 They are not quarrelsome, show very little jealousy one of 

 another in working, can therefore easily be used, exercised, and 

 kennelled together, being much better in this respect than 

 any of the other breeds of terriers. They also, as a general 

 rule, are dead game ; they want a bit of rousing, and are not 

 so flashily, showily game as, say, the Fox-terrier ; but, just 

 as with humans, when it comes to real business, when the talk- 

 ing game is played out and there is nothing left but the 

 doing part of the business, then one's experience invariably is 

 that the quiet man, the quiet terrier, is the animal wanted 



On the formation of the Welsh Terrier Club a standard 

 of perfection was drawn up and circulated with the club 

 rules. This standard has remained unchanged up to the 

 present day, and is as follows : 



Head The skull should be flat and rather wider between the ears 

 than the wire-hair Fox-terrier. The jaw should be powerful, clean cut 

 rather deeper and more punishing giving the head a more masculine 

 appearance than that usually seen in a Fox-terrier. The stop not 

 too defined, fair length from stop to end of nose, the latter being of a 

 black colour. Ears The ears should be V-shaped, small, not too thin, 

 set on fairly high, carried forward, and close to the cheek. Eyes 

 The eyes should be small, not being too deeply set in or protruding out 

 of skull, of a dark hazel colour, expressive and indicating abundant 

 pluck. Neck The neck should be of moderate length and thickness, 

 slightly arched and sloping gracefully into the shoulders. Body 

 The back should be short and well ribbed up, the loin strong, good 

 depth, and moderate width of chest. The shoulders should be long, 

 sloping and well set back. The hind-quarters should be strong, thighs 

 muscular and of good length, with the hocks moderately straight, well set 

 down and fair amount of bone. The stern should be set on moderately 

 high, but not too gaily carried. Legs and Feet The legs should be 

 straight and muscular, possessing fair amount of bone with upright and 

 powerful pasterns. The feet should be small, round and catike. 

 Coat The coat should be wiry, hard, very close and abundant. Colour 

 The colour should be black and tan or black grizzle and tan, free 

 from black pencilling on toes. Size The height at shoulders should 

 be 15 inches for dogs, bitches proportionately less. Twenty pounds 

 shall be considered a fair average weight in working condition, but this 

 may vary a pound or so either way. 



^^DISQUALIFYING POINTS: Nose white, cherry, or spotted to a 

 considerable extent with either of these colours. Ears prick, tulip, or 

 rose. Undershot jaw or pig jawed mouth. Black below hocks or white 

 anywhere to any appreciable extent, black pencilling on toes. 



