86 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
one for a short distance in both breeds, and for this purpose short 
levers answer better than very long ones. The hocks should be 
straight over the backs of the hind-feet. The quarters should 
not droop, and they should be full of muscle. The fore-quarters, 
from the shoulder-joints to the arm, should be powerful; elbows 
placed quite straight and well let down. 
The legs should be bony and straight, so as to play freely in 
parallel planes. Ankles strong, and showing no diminution of 
size below the knee. Lower thigh and fore-arm well clothed with 
muscle. 
The feet are cat-like and of fair average size. The horn cover- 
ing the pads should be thick and hard. There are usually no dew 
claws on the hind-legs, but nevertheless a great many well-bred 
dogs possess them, and as in most other breeds, I do not think 
this a point of any great importance. 
The stern is carried gaily, but not quite hound-like. It is 
usually cropped to about one-third its natural length. 
The coat is hard, thick, and glossy; skin tight without being 
“ hide-bound.” 
The colour is always white, with more or less marking of black 
mixed with tan (hound colour), lemon, or black. Brindle spots 
are objected to as indicating the bull-cross, and liver as indicat- 
ing mongrel blood. 
Symmetry and size-—In the former point the fancier looks for 
proportions of the most elegant description consistent with the 
requisite power. Combined with these should appear a large 
amount of that indescribable feature called quality. As to size, 
I have already dilated upon it fully. 
(B) THE ROUGH FOX-TERRIER. 
The rough fox-terrier is still more modern than his smooth 
brother, as far as shows are concerned; no distinct class for the 
breed having been made until 1872, when the Glasgow officials 
offered a prize for “the best rough fox-terrier,” and their example 
has since been followed at all the large exhibitions of dogs at 
Birmingham, London, &. Nevertheless, though not called a fow- 
terrier, the breed has existed for the last fifty years to my certain 
