THE SMOOTH FOX-TERRIER. 



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5. Hindquarters. — Should be strong and mus- 

 cular, quite free from droop or crouch ; the thighs 

 long and powerful ; hocks near the ground, the 

 dog standing well up on them like a Fox-hound, 

 and not straight in the stifle. 



6. Stern. — Should be set on rather high, and 

 carried £;ailv. but not over the back or curled. 



As regards Colour, white should predominate ; 

 brindle, red, or liver markings are objectionable. 

 Otherwise this point is of little or no importance. 



9. Sjrmmetry, Size, and Character. — The dog 

 must present a general gay, lively, and active ap- 

 pearance ; bone and strength in a small compass are 

 essentials ; but this must not be taken to mean 



DALBY. 

 DAME DALBY. DIVORCEE. 



CHAMPION 

 DOMINIE. 



CHAMPION 

 DONNA FORTUNA. 



CHAMPION 

 DAME FORTUNE. 



DIAMOND COUNT. 

 CHAMPION 

 DORSAY. 



THE TOTTERIDGE ELEVEN, 1898. 



FnoM THE PAiHtiNQ BV ARTHUR WARDLE. 



It should be of good strength, anything approach- 

 ing a " pipe-stopper " tail being especially objec- 

 tionable. 



7. Legs and Feet. — The Legs viewed in any 

 direction must be straight, showing little or no 

 appearance of an ankle in front. They should be 

 strong in bone throughout, short and straight to 

 pastern. Both fore- and hind-legs should be 

 carried straight forward in travelling, the stifles 

 not turned outwards. The elbows should hang 

 perpendicular to the body, working free of the 

 side. 



The Feet should be round, compact, and not 

 large. The soles hard and tough. The toes 

 moderately arched, and turned neither in nor out. 



8. Coat. — Should be straight, flat, smooth, hard, 

 dense, and abundant. The belly and under side 

 of the thighs should not be bare. 



that a Fox-terrier should be cloggy, or in any way 

 coarse — speed and endurance must be looked to 

 as well as power, and the symmetry of the Fox- 

 hound taken as a model. The terrier, like the 

 hound, must on no account be leggy, nor must he 

 be too short in the leg. He should stand like a 

 cleverly-made hunter, covering a lot of ground, yet 

 with a short back, as before stated. He will then 

 attain the highest degree of propelling power, 

 together with the greatest length of stride that is 

 compatible with the length of his body. Weight 

 is not a certain criterion of a terrier's fitness for 

 his work — general shape, size and contour are 

 the main points ; and if a dog can gallop and 

 stay, and follow his fox up a drain, it matters 

 little what his weight is to a pound or so, though, 

 roughly speaking, it may be said he should not 

 scale over twenty pounds in show condition. 



