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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



terriers, he has become taller and heavier 

 than the old day specimens. This no doubt 

 is due to breeding for show points. He is 

 a lathy dog, but not shelly, inclined to be 

 flatsided, somewhat light in bone for his 

 size, very lively in character, and has 

 plenty of courage. If anything, indeed, his 

 pluck is too insistent. 

 The standard of points as adopted by 



MR. JOHN CORNFORTH'S NELSON 



BY QUAYSIDE LAD BLACK-EYED SUSAN. 



the National Bedlington Terrier and The 

 Yorkshire Bedlington Terrier Clubs is as 

 follows : 



1. Skull. Narrow, but deep and rounded ; 

 high at the occiput, and covered with a nice 

 silky tuft or topknot. 



2. Muzzle. Long, tapering, sharp and mus- 

 cular, as little stop as possible between the eyes, 

 so as to form nearly a line from the nose-end along 

 the joint of skull to the occiput. The lips 

 close fitting and without flew. 



3. Eyes. Should be small and well sunk in the 

 head. The blues should have a dark eye, the blues 

 and tans ditto, with amber shades ; livers and 

 sandies a light brown eye. 



4. Nose. Large, well angled ; blues and blues 

 and tans should have black noses, livers and 

 sandies flesh-coloured. 



5. Teeth. Level or pincher- jawed. 



6. Ears. Moderately large, well formed, flat 

 to the cheek, thinly covered and tipped with 

 fine silky hair. They should be filbert shaped. 



7. Legs. Of moderate length, not wide apart, 

 straight and square set, and with good-sized 

 feet, which are rather long. 



8. Tail. Thick at the root, tapering to a point, 

 slightly feathered on lower side, 9 inches to II 

 inches long and scimitar shaped. 



9. Neck and Shoulders. Neck long, deep at 

 base, rising well from the shoulders, which should 

 be flat. 



10. Body. Long and well-proportioned, flat 

 ribbed, and deep, not wide in chest, slightly 

 arched back, well ribbed up, with light quarters. 



11. Coat. Hard, with close bottom, and not 

 lying flat to sides. 



12. Colour. Dark blue, blue and tan, liver, 

 liver and tan, sandy, or sandy and tan. 



13. Height. About 15 inches to 16 inches. 



14. Weight. Dogs about 24 pounds ; bitches 

 about 22 pounds. 



15. General Appearance. He is a light-made, 

 lathy dog, but not shelly. 



Value of Points adopted by the National 

 Bedlington Terrier Club. 



Head 



Size ..... 



Teeth 



Colour ..... 

 Legs and feet 



Ears ..... 

 Eyes ..... 

 Nose ..... 

 Body . . 



Coat ..... 

 Tail 



20 

 10 

 10 



5 

 10 



5 

 5 

 5 



15 

 10 



5 



Total . 



IOO 



The Yorkshire Bedlington Terrier Club Scale of 



Points. 



Skull . . . . 

 Jaw . 

 Eyes . 

 Nose . 

 Teeth . 

 Ears . 

 Legs . 

 Tail 



Neck and shoulders 

 Body . 

 Coat 

 Colour . 

 Height . 

 Weight. 



Total 



15 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



10 



5 

 5 



IS 

 10 



5 

 5 

 5 



100 



I think the latter scale of points is the 

 better one, as it does not give more for 

 head than body, and therefore encourages 

 symmetry, which is sadly wanting in a good 

 many of the present show dogs. 



There is a tendency nowadays towards 

 excess of size in the Bedlington. It is 

 inclined to be too long in the body and too 



