94 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
English signatures to any similar document. Mr. Ridgway states 
that the breed has been known in Ireland for fifty or sixty years; 
but so has a similar one in Scotland, and I certainly possessed a 
specimen more than fifty years ago. Nevertheless, there is no 
doubt that this breed now exists in Green Erin, and is prized 
there, as it certainly deserves; and as a consequence I introduce 
it here. 
Irish TERRIER Cius’s Cope oF Points. 
Positive Points, VALUE Neeative Ponts. VALUE. 
Head, jaw, teeth, and eyes, . 15 White nails, toes, and feet, minus 10 
_Ears, . ; : mS Much white on chest, . . Io 
Legs and feet, ‘ i 10 Ears cropped, : 5 
Neck, % . 5 Mouth undershot or enikeved, Io 
Shoulders and chest, , 10 Coat shagyy, curly, or soft, . 10 
Back and loin, . ; . 10 Uneven in colour, . ‘i . 5 
Hind-quarters and stern, Io 
Coat, . ; 3 ‘ 15 k 
Galouy, . ; ‘ Io 
Size and symmetry, . 10 
Total + + 100 Total . . 50 
Disqualifying points :—Nose, cherry or red. Brindle colour, 
DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS, 
Head \ong ; skull flat, and rather narrow between ears, getting 
slightly narrower towards the eye; free from wrinkle; stop hardly 
visible, except in profile. The jaw must be strong and muscular, 
but not too full in the cheek, and of a good punishing length, but 
not so fine as a white English terrier’s. There should be a slight 
falling away below the eye, so as not to have a greyhound appear- 
ance. Hair on face of same description as on body, but short 
(about a quarter of an inch long), in appearance almost smooth 
and straight; a slight beard is the only longish hair (and is only 
long in comparison with the rest) that is permissible, and that is 
characteristic, 
Teeth should be strong and level. 
