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XV.—THE WELSH TERRIER. 
A dog very closely resembling the Irish terrier except in size 
and colour has lately been paraded at our shows under the above 
‘name. In colour he is usually black, or grizzled, and tan, and in 
size about 15 or 16 inches. As to his points, they are so dif- 
ferently described that I shall not pretend to give them myself. 
But at a well-attended meeting of the special club for this breed, 
‘held at Carnarvon on the 4th August 1886, it was unanimously 
decided that the points of the Welsh terrier, as passed at the 
‘meeting at Hanley, be rescinded, and the present meeting 
decide upon the description to be adopted. To better enable the 
meeting to do this, the four winning dogs at the show then 
being held were brought into the meeting. So far as head was 
concerned, the type of Mr. Saunders’s “ Rattle,” the winning bitch, 
was judged to be correct, and for body that of ‘ General Contour,” 
Mr. Colmore’s successful dog, was decided to be the best. It was 
next suggested that either Mr. Whiskin or Mr. Yates, who had 
acted as judges of the variety, be requested to dictate to the meeting 
a description of the Welsh terrier, taking as their guide the two 
animals now before them. Mr. Yates consented to do this, and the 
following scale of points was approved and adopted :— 
Points OF THE WELSH TERRIER. 
Head.—The skull should be flat, and rather wider between the 
ears than the wire-haired fox-terrier. The jaw should be powerful, 
clean cut, rather deeper, and more punishing—giving the head a 
more masculine appearance than that usually seen on a fox-terrier. 
Stop not too defined, fair length from stop to end of nose, the 
latter being of a black colour. 
Ears.—The ear should be V-shaped, small, not too thin, set on 
fairly high, carried forward and close to the cheek. 
-Eyes.—The eye should be small, not being too deeply set in or 
protruding out of skull, of a dark hazel colour, expressive and 
indicating abundant pluck. 
Neck.—The neck should be of moderate length and thickness, 
slightly arched, and sloping gracefully into the shoulders. 
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