THE BEDLINGTON TERRIER. 121 
VALUE VALUE 
Head, 10 Body (chest, ribiya and aa . 20 
Jaws, | 5 Legs, » 5 
Teeth, 5 Feet, . : 5 
Ears, F 2 38 “Coat, ing 10 
Eyes, 5 ‘Colour, 20 | 2 5 
Nose, . 5 Tail, ~ 5 
. Neck and shoulders; Io Size and weight, : 5 
| “Total, . 100 
The head is long and wedge-shaped, resembling in this respect 
the English terrier, but with a greater proportion of. jaw to skull 
than in that breed. There is a marked brow to the skull, and 
also a high occipital protuberance. 
_ -The jaws are long, but not so pointed as in the English terrier. 
' The teeth are large and regular, generally even, if not overshot. 
An undershot mouth is objected to. 
The cars are longer than in any other terrier, filbert-shaped and 
lying close to the cheeks. They are set on low, and have a hound- 
like appearance, which has supported the theory of the otter- 
hound derivation. They are clothed with fine hair, slightly 
fringed at the edges. 
The eyes are always of a light brown, varying in shade with the 
colour of the coat. In sandy and liver-coated dogs the brown is 
a light hazel, while in the blues it has a yellower shade. In shape 
and size they are small, deeply sunk, and placed close together, 
with the long axis of each in the same line. 
The nose is large and fleshy. In colour it varies with that of 
the coat, being pink in the sandy and liver dogs, and black in 
the blues, whether whole blues or blue and tans. 
Neck and shoulders.—There is nothing remarkable in these 
points, except that the neck should be of fair length, and not 
weak, as it is apt to be. Shoulders not loaded with wide blades. 
Body (chest, ribs, and loin).—The chest is rather deep, long, and 
flat, with shallow back ribs in many otherwise good specimens. 
Loin arched and rising above the level of the tops of the shoulder- 
blades; very muscular, and with the greyhound-like continuation 
of the long dorsal muscles well formed, connecting powerfully the 
loin and chest. Hips wide, but not ragged. 
