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7. The loins (value 10) are strong and muscular, with this formation there 

 is an absence of the cut-up flank which the Whippet and Italian greyhound 

 crosses give. 



8. Legs and feet (value 10). The former are straight, light of bone, clean as a 

 racehorse, and the feet long and hare-like, but with the toes well arched, and the 

 claws jet black. 



9. The coat (value 5) must be short and close ; it should look fine and glossy, 

 but not soft in texture. 



10. The colour and markings (value 25) are in this breed which is now 

 essentially a fancy dog important. No other colour than black and tan or red is 

 permissible; the least speck of white is fatal to winning chances, and it is in 

 the richness, contrast, and correct distribution of these that excellence consists. 

 The black should be intense and jet-like ; the tan, a rich warm mahogany ; the two 

 colours, in all points where they meet, being abruptly separated not running into 

 each other. On the head the tan runs along each jaw, on the lower running down 

 almost to the throat ; a bright spot on the cheek, and another above the eye, each 

 clearly surrounded with black, and well defined ; the inside of the ears slightly 

 tanned, spots of tan on each side of the breast, the forelegs tanned up to the knee; 

 feet tanned, but the knuckles have a clear black line, called the " pencil mark," up 

 their ridge ; and in the centre of the tan, midway between the foot and the knee, 

 there must be a back spot called the "thumb mark," and the denser the black, 

 and the clearer in its outline, the more it is valued. The insides of the hind legs are 

 tanned, and also the under side of tail ; but tan on the thighs and outside, where 

 it often appears in a straggling way, producing the appearance called " bronzed," is 

 very objectionable. The vent has also a tan spot, but it should be no longer than 

 can be well covered by the tail when pressed down on it. 



11. The tail (value 5) must be long, straight, thin, and tapering to a point. Its 

 carriage should be low, and any curl over the back is a fatal defect. 



12. The symmetry (value 5) of this dog is of great importance, as this point 

 is developed to as great an extent as in any other breed, not even excepting the 

 greyhound. 



Belcher, the subject of the illustration, was bred and exhibited by Mr. Henry 

 Lacy, Lacy House, Hebden Bridge. He was considered the most perfect specimen 

 of the breed in his time. First exhibited at Hull in October, 1875, he took first and 

 special prizes, and has ever since kept at the head of his class, having been first at 

 Birmingham, Alexandra Palace, Crystal Palace, Brighton, Darlington, Islington, 

 Manchester, and a number of smaller shows. Belcher is remarkably well bred, 

 being by Mr. Lacy's General out of his Saff II., both sire and dam going back to 

 Handley's celebrated Saff by Gas out of Limie, and is therefore essentially a 

 "Manchester" terrier. Mr. Lacy's dogs having been distributed, Belcher became 

 the property of Mr. Tom B. Swinburne, Darlington. 



