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he can make himself generally useful, he is popalar also 
with the groom and the workman. The first cross is 
generally too much like the bulldog, but the second shows 
in perfection all the attributes required for the purpose I 
am alluding to. In weight he varies from g lbs. up to 
35 lbs, or more. In general appearance he resembles 
the terrier, except that he is wider across his skull, 
and possesses more strength and stamina. 
His head should be long, the muzzle sharp, the jaw 
level—not underhung, which is a disfigurement, and also 
prevents a dog punishing his adversary. Zhe underjaw 
should display. great power, and the neck should be long. 
Head, 25 points; neck and ears, 10. 
The chest is wide, the shoulders sloping and powerful, 
the loin and back strong, the hind quarters and thighs 
muscular. The tail should be fine and sting-like, but not 
bare; carried gaily, but not ‘‘hooped.” Chest, 10; 
shoulders, 10; loin, 10; tail, 5. 
The feet and legs should resemble those of the hound 
in shape. Value, ro. 
The coat throughout is fine and short, and it should lie 
smoothly, as in a well-dressed race horse. Pure white, 
with a black nose and eye, is the most approved colour. 
Next in merit I should place white with coloured ears, or 
a patch on the eyes. I believe all the best judges enter- 
tain a strong preference for the white dog ; but in any 
case the colour should be “ whole,” that is, unmixed with 
white, unless the dog be all white, which is, in that case, 
considered a “ whole” colour. If coloured, it should be 
either red, red-smut (that is, red with black muzzle), fawn 
or fawn-smut, fallow or fallow-smut, brindled, white, blue- 
fawn (that is, fawn with blue muzzle), or pied with any of 
those colours. Coat and colour, 10; symmetry, ro. 
A loving and gentle temperament is of great importance. 
The family of Pure Terriers is a large one, and includes 
besides the “ toys,” the Scotch, Skye, and Dandie Din- 
mont in Scotland, the Bedlington in the north, and the 
various strains of smooth terriers in England. Of late 
years the Scotch broken-haired dog has been by selection 
converted into an animal possessing a silky and compara- 
