78 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
pads should be firm, and should be covered with thick and hard 
horn. The claws should be dark. On the hind-legs there are 
often dew-claws, but they are not regarded as typical points. 
The hind-legs are longer in proportion than the fore-legs, being 
only slightly bent at the stifles. They are shaped with great 
elegance, and are by no means so muscular as the fore-legs. The 
second thigh is very short, and the calf well developed, but not 
clumsily so. Quarters wide rather than deep. Feet small and 
round, and inclining forward nearly on a straight line, the hocks 
being very slightly in and the feet out. 
The stern is moderately long, strong at the root, and tapering 
to a fine point. It is carried gaily over the back in a hound-like 
manner, resembling the Dandie Dinmont terrier in this respect. 
The coat is glossy and smooth, but hard and wiry, except on the 
ears, where it must be soft and silky. 
Colour.—The experts are by no means agreed as to the com- 
parative value of tan and black and tan, but between these two 
and any other colour there is no room for doubt. Sometimes, even 
in good strains, a whole black or chocolate puppy occurs, occasion- 
ally a liver and tan of varying shade, and even a hare or badger 
pie ; but these colours are not fancied, and should, as far as possible, 
be bred out. If whole tan, the nose should be black, not flesh 
colour, and the nails also dark. The chocolate or liver colour is 
almost always attended by a flesh-coloured nose, which is supposed 
to indicate softness of constitution and want of courage. If black 
and tan, the black should be rich and unmixed with the tan, 
which should be confined to the spots over the eyes and on the 
cheeks, the lower parts of the body and tail, and the legs and feet. 
On the cheek the tan should not run to the eye, which must be 
set in black. A black line or two extend up the legs, resembling 
the pencilling of the English terrier, but not in so distinct a shape. 
No white is permitted on the toes, breast, or forehead in a perfect 
specimen, but a star.on the breast generally occurs. Any large 
quantity of white in the shape of a “pie” indicates a cross with 
the French basset or German “ dachsdecker.” 
Size and Symmetry.—In size the dog should measure, on the 
average, about 40 inches from tip to tip, and 10 inches in height. 
Weight from 11 to 18 lbs, The bitch is considerably less in all 
